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Another DOE-Backed Alternative Energy Bankruptcy (BCON)

Posted: October 31, 2011 at 12:01 pm

Alternative energy stocks continue on their path of self-destruction.  The government has been handing over taxpayer cash in droves to help fund alternative energy companies.  Now what we are witnessing is ...
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New US Push into Geothermal Energy Possible, But Not Likely (CVX, CPN, GOOG, ORA, GE, OGFGF)

Posted: October 26, 2011 at 11:54 am

The first large-scale geothermal electricity generating plant in the US was developed in the 1960s in northern California. Unocal, now part of Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX), did the initial ...
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First Solar Earnings… When Bad Is Finally Good Enough (FSLR, SPWRA, STP, TAN)

Posted: October 26, 2011 at 8:43 am

First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) went ahead and got its earnings report out of the way.  After all, it botched its "CEO exit" so badly yesterday that it was an unfair ...
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D-Day at First Solar as CEO Out! (FSLR, HON, GE)

Posted: October 25, 2011 at 2:30 pm

First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) must be in real trouble, even worse than what we have all been fearing.  Rob Gillette is out as CEO.  The circumstances behind the news ...
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Expected Price Gains in Solar Stocks Are Strictly Illusions (AMAT, FSLR, WFR, GTAT, SPWRA, STP, TSL, LDK, JASO)

Posted: October 24, 2011 at 1:09 pm

About a month and a half ago, we looked at several solar stocks to try to determine if there happened to be a good value play in the sector. Given ...
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US Solar Makers Fire a Shot in Chinese Trade War (STP, TSL, JASO, YGE, LDK, FSLR, SPWRA, WFR, RSOL)

Posted: October 21, 2011 at 11:44 am

The blossoming trade war with China has just been warmed-up a notch. Led by a German solar PV maker with operations in the US, seven US-based companies have filed a ...
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Solar Adding More Jobs (FSLR, SPWRA, STP)

Posted: October 18, 2011 at 11:55 am

The number of jobs in the US solar industry has risen by 6.8% year-over-year from August 2010 to August 2011. Over 100,000 people are now employed in making, selling, and ...
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More Downgrading of First Solar… Value Trap (FSLR, STP, TAN)

Posted: October 17, 2011 at 4:39 pm

First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) is supposed to be the best of the best of all U.S.-based solar companies.  It is the leader and is supposed to cross the $1 ...
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Cramer Kicks First Solar While It Is Down (FSLR, ECXC, SPWRA, TAN)

Posted: October 13, 2011 at 6:59 pm

When were panning the hell out of the solar sector earlier in the year at significantly higher share prices, we were very certain that the sector was going to be ...
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As Volt Sales Disappoint, GE Drives Further into the Electric Car Market

Posted: October 13, 2011 at 6:22 am

It is hard to understand why General Motors (NYSE: GM) would continue to punish itself by moving further into the electric car market. Sales of its Chevy Volt have been ...
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Job Destructio​n at First Solar and SunPower (SPWRA, FSLR)

Posted: October 6, 2011 at 4:32 pm

SunPower (NASDAQ: SPWRA) and First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR) are two prominent U.S. solar manufacturers receiving billions in government-backed loans -- funding meant to facilitate deployment of utility-scale photovoltaic projects on ...
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Solar Stocks: Does the Punishment Fit the Crime? (FSLR, SPWRA, STP, JASO, TSL, LDK, TAN)

Posted: October 6, 2011 at 11:52 am

Stock prices for the solar PV makers have fallen by -40% to -80% in the past 12 months, with the bulk of the crash occurring since May. The collapse is ...
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Beyond Solar Death… More Federal Loan Guarantees For Solar (UTX, SRE, STP, FSLR, NVE, PLD, BAC)

Posted: September 29, 2011 at 12:02 pm

Despite the debacle with a $535 million loan guarantee to now-bankrupt Solyndra, the US Department of Energy is pressing ahead with loan guarantees to solar projects ahead of tomorrow's deadline. ...
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Google’s Solar Investments Could Be Real Winners (GOOG, FSLR, TSL, JASO, STP)

Posted: September 28, 2011 at 12:19 pm

Last June Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) created a $280 million fund with SolarCity to finance residential solar projects. Yesterday the world's search engine giant created a $75 million fund with ...
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US Energy Review Puts Focus on Electric Vehicles (HMC, TM, GM, F, NSANF, ADM, VLO, CLNE)

Posted: September 28, 2011 at 9:51 am

If the US has an energy policy -- a big if -- that policy turns on two factors. One, reducing energy imports; and two, reducing environmentally harmful emissions. How the ...
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