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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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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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First Solar Project Too Successful (FSLR, NRB, BRK-A, BRK-B, PCG)

Posted: August 30, 2012 at 1:04 pm

Solar maker First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) will not ship any more modules to the company’s Agua Caliente solar farm project until January 2013. The stoppage is the result of ...
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Germany Could Soften Solar Subsidy Cuts (TSL, YGE, LDK, JASO, STP)

Posted: March 23, 2012 at 1:28 pm

The German government had been expected to cut the country’s solar PV subsidy by 15% in April, and by 2% a month thereafter. PV Magazine is reporting today that following ...
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Can Insider Buying Save Solar & Alt-Energy? (FSLR, WFR, LDK, JASO, ADM, AMSC, WPRT, GTAT)

Posted: August 25, 2011 at 11:01 am

While corporate insiders sell shares for all sorts of reasons, there is usually just one reason for insiders to buy: they think the stock price will rise. That belief typically ...
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Has the Solar Sector’s Fate Changed? (FSLR, SPWRA, TSL, LDK, JASO, SOL, WFR, YGE, TAN, KWT)

Posted: August 12, 2011 at 12:39 pm

Solar companies have seen a big bounce from recent lows and it seems as if something may be brewing if the underlying will cooperate.  The most significant event in the ...
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Alternative Energy Watch: Too Much Water, Too Much Gas, Too Much Wind; US Sets Profit Mark for Offshore Power Transmission Line; Nevada Solar Project Gets Federal Loan Guarantee (GOOG, UTX)

Posted: May 23, 2011 at 12:59 pm

Today's alt energy news focuses on wind generation shutdowns in the US and Scotland. The US Department of Energy has approved a $737 million loan guarantee for construction of a ...
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Renewable Sources Will Rule The Energy World In 2050

Posted: May 10, 2011 at 5:21 am

The Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change, a program supported by the UN, has released its new forecast for the use of renewal energy in 2050. It has hardly worth reading ...
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Making Solar Modules is Not for Everyone (AMAT, FSLR, SWPRA, WFR, TSL, YGE)

Posted: July 22, 2010 at 2:16 pm

There was a time, not so long ago, when thin-film solar PV makers like Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) and First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) had a decisive cost advantage over crystalline ...
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China Puts Up More Money to Build Solar Capacity (YGE, STP, TSL, WFR, FSLR, SPWRA)

Posted: July 9, 2010 at 1:26 pm

The government-owned China Development Bank has just made its third massive loan to one of the country's solar energy makers, bringing its total commitment to about $17 billion. The combined ...
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