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Accounting Troubles, Weak Demand Stifle China’s Solar Juggernaut (JASO, TSL, STP, YGE, LDK, FSLR, TAN)

Posted: July 14, 2011 at 2:48 pm

Chinese solar PV makers are taking a few more lumps today as investors continue to shy away from a sector that has been damaged by low demand forecasts and accounting ...
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Alt-Energy Watch: Italian, Chinese Solar PV Firms Expanding in the Face of Oversupply (FSLR, GE, JASO, STP, TSL, DQ, WFR, ENLAY, SHCAY, STM)

Posted: July 11, 2011 at 9:32 am

Predictions that oversupply of solar PV modules will push down prices and margins in 2011 apparently have no impact on decisions to continue building additional manufacturing capacity. Wafer makers in ...
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Alt-Energy Watch: Another Believer in Solar Consolidation (FSLR, STP, YGE, TSL, SPWRA, SHCAY)

Posted: July 5, 2011 at 4:25 pm

As part of last week's story on stock buybacks in the solar PV industry, we opined that a consolidation in the solar industry is looking to take shape.  Acquisitions and ...
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If All Major Solar Companies Announce Share Buybacks… (LDK, JKS, SOLR, STP, JASO, TSL)

Posted: June 27, 2011 at 12:02 pm

Solar PV makers are facing a tough second half of 2011. Forecast supply is expected to exceed demand, and virtually every solar supplier is seeing its stock price head south. ...
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Solar Stock Slide… From Leveraged Energy to Value to Something Else (FSLR, JASO, ENER, LDK, SPWRA, YGE, TSL, STP, RNWEF, SATC, TOT, TAN)

Posted: June 22, 2011 at 10:58 am

The solar stocks used to be leveraged energy companies.  The sell-off after the energy bubble popped was as bad as it could get, and now many of these companies look ...
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Alt-Energy Watch: US Solar Grows, But Not Fast Enough (FSLR, SPWRA, LDK, STP, JASO, TSL, TAN, KWT)

Posted: June 16, 2011 at 10:19 am

Solar PV makers had a good first quarter in the US. A report from GTM Research for the Solar Energy Industry Association concludes the US solar PV installation grew by ...
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Alt-Energy Watch: Germany to Replace Nukes with Fossil Fuels, Build Smart Grid (FSLR, SPWRA, TSL, STP, GE, VWSYF, ABB, SI, SBGSY, ALSMY, AMSC, BGC, QCLN, GRID, PWR)

Posted: June 9, 2011 at 10:47 am

The German government's decision to abandon nuclear power generation by 2022 briefly put a little wind in the sails of alt energy sources like solar and wind. Now, however, Chancellor ...
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Solar Survivors As Cost/Megawatt Drops (FSLR, JASO, STP, TSL, JKS, SPWRA, TOT)

Posted: June 1, 2011 at 12:06 pm

The oversupply of solar PV panels at the beginning of the year is slowly being wound down, but nearly every solar PV maker is also expanding manufacturing capacity in anticipation ...
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Alt-Energy Watch: Germany Phases Out Nukes Versus Solar PV Prices Falling (UEC, URG, URZ, URRE, GE, ARVCY, JASO, FSLR, LDK, STP, YGE, TSL, TAN)

Posted: May 31, 2011 at 12:11 pm

Today's alternative energy news is dominated by the German government's decision to phase out nuclear power generation in the country. If the decision holds up, it could be very good ...
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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)

Posted: May 25, 2011 at 12:03 pm

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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Solar Outlook, Rough Seas In Margin Contraction (TSL, YGE, FSLR, SPWRA, TOT, STP, CSIQ, JKS, LDK, TAN)

Posted: May 23, 2011 at 10:12 am

Last week's action in the solar sector was not just a reaction to a poor earnings reports from Trina Solar Ltd. (NYSE: TSL) and Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd. (NYSE: ...
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Alternative Energy Watch: Solar Outlook Fades; Battery Maker Slides; Methane Does Contaminate Groundwater at Shale Gas Sites (FSLR, STP, AONE)

Posted: May 10, 2011 at 10:31 am

Today's alternative energy news leads off with a rather dim outlook for solar PV for the rest of this year and then looks at results from a US battery manufacturer. ...
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Solar May Still Thrive in Italy, Maybe Germany Too (FSLR, SPWRA, STP, TSL, YGE, CSIQ, TOT, TAN)

Posted: May 6, 2011 at 10:26 am

The Italian government has made official its new regime for solar generation installations in the country. While the new program does scale back government subsidies, it does so over a ...
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Alternative Energy Watch: First Solar Downgraded; New Ethanol Bill in the US Senate; Spain’s Iberdrola Gets Boost from US Wind Projects (FSLR, IBDRY, STP, SPWRA, YGE, TSL, CSIQ)

Posted: May 5, 2011 at 11:50 am

Today's alternative energy news leads off with a downgrade to First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR), then looks at a new bill to cut ethanol subsidies, and wraps up with profit ...
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Alternative Energy Watch: European Headwinds for Solar; New Rules for Biomass Generation in Massachusetts; Bill Gates Pushes Nukes (STP, TSL, YGE, FSLR, MSFT, USU)

Posted: May 4, 2011 at 11:48 am

Today's alternative energy news includes recent changes to Italian solar subsidies, restrictions on biomass electricity generation, and comments by Bill Gates on energy innovation. After 10 years of booming growth, ...
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