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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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Is Solar Power Cheaper Than Wind? (FSLR, STP, JASO)

Posted: September 9, 2011 at 11:43 am

As the cost for crystalline solar PV panels falls toward the magic number of $1/watt, the cost of building a utility scale solar plant approaches the cost of building an ...
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US Military Bases Going Solar (FSLR, STP, YGE, WMT, KYO, SHCAY, RSOL, WEST, GOOG, BAC)

Posted: September 8, 2011 at 8:14 am

The US Department of Energy has issued a conditional commitment for a partial guarantee of a $344 million loan for solar PV installer SolarCity. The company will install rooftop solar ...
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China’s Leading Solar Player Gets Big Bank Boost (GCPEF, TSL, STP, JASO, YGE, LDK, FSLR, SPWRA, TAN)

Posted: September 6, 2011 at 10:52 am

The China Development Bank has provided the country's largest polysilicon maker with two new credit facilities totalling $713 million. GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd. (OTC: GCPEF) can add that total to ...
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Another Government-Backed Solar Player Dies (INTC, FSLR, TSL, STP, JASO, YGE, LDK)

Posted: September 1, 2011 at 8:01 am

The month of August was hard on US solar makers. Evergreen Solar closed its doors a few weeks ago, followed by privately held and Intel Corp.-supported (NASDAQ: INTC) SpectraWatt, Inc. ...
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Solar Stocks Get a Boost That Can’t Last (STP, YGE, FSLR, LDK, TSL, SOL, JASO, TAN)

Posted: August 22, 2011 at 11:12 am

After weeks of bad news have sent solar stocks further and further into a dark pit, a couple of earnings reports from Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NYSE: STP) and ...
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More Disaster in Solar Sector (LDK, JASO, FSLR, SPWRA, TSL, SOL, CSIQ, STP, ESLR, TAN)

Posted: August 19, 2011 at 8:32 am

Solar PV makers continue to hammer themselves and their peers with a seemingly never-ending torrent of terrible news. After markets closed yesterday LDK Solar Co., Ltd. (NYSE: LDK) revised guidance ...
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Solar Stocks Bloodied Again (JASO, TSL, SOL, FSLR, CSIQ, STP, TAN)

Posted: August 18, 2011 at 10:39 am

This morning's downgrade by Morgan Stanley of global growth prospects has started the market off on the wrong foot, sending equities down about -3% in the first half hour of ...
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Solar’s Fallen Angels: China to Credit to Margins (FSLR, JASO, TSL, JKS, LDK, STP, YGE, APWR)

Posted: August 8, 2011 at 11:17 am

One sector that is not falling in response to the downgrade of US debt is the solar PV industry. It is tanking on its own. Bellwether stock First Solar Inc. ...
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First Solar, The Ultimate Sector Solar Drag Rather Than Savior (FSLR, WFR, SOLR, JASO, JKS, LDK, TSL, STP, YGE, SPWRA, TOT, ESLR, ENER, ASTI, TAN)

Posted: August 5, 2011 at 10:40 am

Three major solar PV companies reported earnings after markets closed yesterday, and the final score does not look promising for the solar PV makers. First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) and ...
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Chinese Government Gives Solar a Boost (JASO, JKS, LDK, TSL, STP, YGE, TAN)

Posted: August 2, 2011 at 9:06 am

The government of China has just authorized what amounts to a feed-in tariff on the country's grid operators, who will have to pay $0.16- $0.18/kWh to solar PV developers which ...
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SunPower Clouds Outlook for Solar (SPWRA, TOT, FSLR, STP)

Posted: July 26, 2011 at 8:55 am

After markets closed yesterday, solar PV maker SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWRA) released a preliminary report for its second quarter and the news was not pretty. SunPower has been a high-flyer ...
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Scandals Keep Hitting Solar & China (LDK, JASO, TSL, APWR, STP, YGE, JKS, FSLR, SPWRA)

Posted: July 18, 2011 at 12:42 pm

Shares of LDK Solar Co. Inc. (NYSE: LDK) are getting hit again today following the company's announcement that a member of its board of directors who was also the head ...
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