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A Solar Energy Secret Uncovered: Real Goods Solar

Posted: May 20, 2013 at 12:23 pm

Last Friday shares of Real Goods Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: RSOL) virtually doubled. Shares are up another 50% so far today and have been trading around $6 a share after posting ...
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ReneSola Earnings, Outlook Offer Some Hope for Solar Energy Firms

Posted: May 16, 2013 at 8:30 am

ReneSola Ltd. (NYSE: SOL) reported first-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The solar PV maker reported a diluted earnings per share (EPS) loss of $0.23 on revenues of ...
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SunPower Raises Full-Year Guidance

Posted: May 15, 2013 at 9:10 am

The good news from the solar sector just keeps on coming. Today it is from SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR), which issued financial guidance for the 2013 fiscal year. At the ...
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Tesla, SolarCity: Alternative Energy Plays Headed in Different Directions

Posted: May 14, 2013 at 1:08 pm

Shortly after the opening bell this morning, Tesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) posted an all-time intra-day high of $97.12, at the end of price spike that has seen shares rise ...
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Short Interest Plays Tricks Ahead of and into SolarCity Earnings

Posted: May 13, 2013 at 4:52 pm

Maybe Elon Musk is the modern real-world version of Tony Stark as you are seeing all over the internet. As for his SolarCity Corp. (NASDAQ: SCTY), the still relatively new solar power ...
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Short Interest Climbs at Chinese Solar Firms

Posted: April 25, 2013 at 9:55 am

We have tracked the short interest in the following North American Solar companies as of April 15: Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ), First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR), GT Advanced Technologies ...
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First Solar Sells Another Solar Energy Project

Posted: April 23, 2013 at 2:36 pm

First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) said today that it has sold its Campo Verde solar energy project to a subsidiary of Southern Company (NYSE: SO) and Turner Renewable Energy. The ...
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Short Interest: Solar Stocks Treading Water (CSIQ, FSLR, GTAT, WFR, SPWR, JASO, LDK, STP, TSL, YGE)

Posted: November 12, 2012 at 8:23 am

We have tracked the short interest in the following North American Solar companies as of October 31: Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ), First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR), GT Advanced Technologies ...
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Poor Solar Market Chases Out Siemens

Posted: October 22, 2012 at 11:45 am

German conglomerate Siemens AG (NYSE: SI) said today that it will exit the solar business by offering its solar assets for sale. The company said in a statement: Due to ...
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Another Solar Company Bites the Bankruptcy Bullet

Posted: October 18, 2012 at 11:33 am

Solar component maker Satcon Technology Corp. (NASDAQ: SATC) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after markets closed last night. While not as well known as solar panel makers First Solar ...
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Wells Fargo Finances Solar Farm

Posted: October 10, 2012 at 11:05 am

SunEdison LLC, a subsidiary of MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. (NYSE: WFR), will get financing for an 11.3-megawatt solar project from Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC). The amount of the ...
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China Fires Back in Solar Energy Battle

Posted: July 20, 2012 at 9:56 am

China’s Ministry of Commerce will begin an antidumping investigation into imports of U.S.-made and Korean-made polysilicon, the stuff that is used to make crystalline solar cells. The investigation follows complaints ...
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Financing Green Energy Projects Must Move to Capital Markets (MHP, FSLR, BRK-A, BRK-B, NRG)

Posted: June 26, 2012 at 2:54 pm

At last week’s Rio+20 conference in Brazil, a representative of Standard & Poor’s Latin American office told a panel on sustainable development that “banks and utilities are unlikeloy to provide ...
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LDK Tumbles on Weak Results (LDK, STP, TSL, JASO, YGE)

Posted: June 26, 2012 at 10:22 am

It’s hard to say that things got worse for solar panel makers today, but it’s easy to say that things did not get better. LDK Solar Co. Ltd. (NYSE: LDK) ...
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JinkoSolar Loss More than Double Consensus (JKS, LDK, STP, TSL, JASO, FSLR, SPWR)

Posted: June 20, 2012 at 9:04 am

Chinese solar PV maker JinkoSolar Holding Co. Ltd. (NYSE: JKS) reported results for the company’s first fiscal quarter today, and the results were not pretty. The company, once positioned as ...
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