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Massive China Solar Demand Could Save the Sector!

The past year is one that the solar industry would just as soon forget. Global solar installation grew by a paltry 4.4% in 2012, but it is expected to rise ...
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Renesola: Finally Some Good News in the Solar Sector (SOL, FSLR, SPWR, LDK, STP, YGE, JASO, JKS)

When the company reported fourth quarter earnings in March, it set expectations for the first quarter fairly low. Renesola posted an EPS loss of -$0.23, better than the expected loss of ...
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Solar Industry Takes Another Blow (WFR, FSLR, SPWR, STP, YGE)

One piece of the solar industry that has taken a bigger hit to prices than the panel makers, it’s the polysilicon wafer makers. Case in point is MEMC Electronic Materials ...
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LDK Implodes (LDK, FSLR, TSL, STP, JASO, YGE)

Shares of solar PV maker LDK Solar Co. Ltd. (NYSE: LDK) are pointed toward a new 52-week low today following the company’s report on its fourth quarter 2011 earnings. The ...
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Enphase IPO Goes Out at Low End of Range (ENPH)

Microinverter maker Enphase Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: ENPH) completed its IPO this morning, issuing 8.97 million shares at an offering price of $6/share. The price is the low end of the ...
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Solar Tariff Would Cost 50,000 US Job Losses (FSLR, SPWR)

A US industry-group that opposes the trade case filed against Chinese solar panel makers commissioned a study to provide an estimate of the number of job losses such a tariff ...
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First Solar Shares Skid on Executive’s Departure (FSLR, ESLR, GE, NEE, TAN)

After markets closed yesterday, First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) announced the resignation of Jens Meyerhoff, president of its utility systems business group, effective September 30th. Meyerhoff joined First Solar in ...
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Alternative Energy Watch: Suntech Misses EPS, Revenue Estimates; More Solar Happenings; Google Invests in More Wind; US Grid Upgrade to Cost Half a Trillion (STP, TSL, YGE, SFTBF, SHCAY, GOOG, ED)

Today's alternative energy news leads off with the exceedingly lackluster earnings report from the world's largest producer of solar modules. We've also got more items on solar and wind power, ...
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First Solar Earnings Expectations Rising Against Peers (FSLR, SPWRA, TSL, YGE, JASO, CSIQ, TAN)

First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) reports fourth quarter and full-year earnings after markets close today, and investors are pushing the share price up in advance of the company's report. Given ...
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Solar Power’s Sizzle in 2011 (SPWRA, FSLR, STP, TSL, TAN)

For a while there in 2010, investors didn't show much love for the solar stocks. But that changed almost overnight since January 1st. SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWRA) shares are up ...
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Oversupply Threatens Solar Revenues and Profits (FSLR, EIX, SRE, SPWRA, STP, YGE, LDK, TSL, TAN)

The story on solar energy in 2011 is manufacturing capacity. Or, more accurately, over-capacity. The termination of incentives in Germany and Italy are expected to slow solar installations in those ...
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Will Rising Crude Prices Pull Solar’s Wagon? (XOM, CVX, COP, JASO, FSLR, SPWRA, TSL, JKS, LDK, DIG, TAN)

The price of a barrel of North Sea Brent crude broke through $100 this morning, while the price of a barrel of West Texas Intermediate is hovering around $90. Does ...
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Solar Panel Manufacturing Won’t Boost US Jobs (ESLR, ESLRD, JASO, TSL, LDK, FSLR, SPWRA, WFR)

US manufacturing sector employment peaked in the late 1970's at more than 19 million jobs. Since then, the decline in employment has fallen to a projected low of less than ...
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