Quantcast

Posts related to ‘TAN’

Alternative Energy sources

Solar Stock Rally Nears 2007-2008 Craze: Time for a Reality Check?

Posted: May 21, 2013 at 11:20 am

The solar stocks are back on fire. The problem is that this feels a lot like 2008, without the super-high share prices making it feel like another 1999 dot-com bubble ...
Read Full Story »
Alternative Energy sources

SunPower Earnings Good Enough to Support Whole Solar Sector

Posted: May 2, 2013 at 4:26 pm

SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) released its corporate earnings shortly before the close rather than after the close, and the result is that another big solar move higher may be underway. ...
Read Full Story »
Alternative Energy sources

Six Alt-Energy and Solar ETFs Rocked by First Solar (FSLR, GEX, TAN, ICLN, KWT, PBW, QCLN)

Posted: April 9, 2013 at 4:14 pm

First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) did not just have a great day. The solar leader managed to have massive upside guidance due to a large project and this was on ...
Read Full Story »
Solar Farm Desert

First Solar Guidance Shocks — to the High Side

Posted: April 9, 2013 at 1:53 pm

In the disaster zone known as the solar sector, virtually all the news has been bad for so long that anything that smells like good news is jumped on as ...
Read Full Story »
Alternative Energy sources

First Solar Fallout Deals Crushing Blow to Speculative Solar Sector

Posted: February 27, 2013 at 9:25 am

First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) is leading shares lower this morning. The company has taken at least two severe analyst downgrades this morning. That is on the heels of a ...
Read Full Story »
Alternative Energy sources

Alternative Energy and Cleantech Picks and Pans for 2013

Posted: December 11, 2012 at 8:02 am

The alternative energy sector is supposed to be one of the great winners of the 2012 election outcome. After all, an Obama victory would indicate further government support for what ...
Read Full Story »

Blackstone $2 Billion Acquisition Ties in Solar and Home Automation

Posted: September 19, 2012 at 11:17 am

The Blackstone Group LP (NYSE: BX) is going big into home automation, and we would note that there is a solar angle here as well. The private equity giant is ...
Read Full Story »

Reality Check: First Solar May Have Saved Solar Sector

Posted: August 2, 2012 at 10:39 am

What happens when you get an industry leader reporting earnings that are nowhere close to as bad as the market thought after a 90% drop in the share price? Not ...
Read Full Story »

China Boosts Solar Installation Goal by 2015 by 4x

Posted: July 3, 2012 at 11:46 am

The Chinese government has increased its planned installation of solar energy projects by 2015 from 5,000 megawatts to 21,000 megawatts. And at least one analyst expects the total to climb ...
Read Full Story »

A Welcome Wagon Boost For First Solar

Posted: June 22, 2012 at 9:05 am

First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) has been battered and left for dead.  Interestingly enough, the latest news flow has not been as bad and with shares above $14.50 the recovery is ...
Read Full Story »

First Solar Gets Bounce from German Demand (FSLR, SPWR, TSL, YGE, STP, TAN)

Posted: June 12, 2012 at 1:10 pm

Solar panel maker First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) is trading up nearly 15% today following the company’s announcement that it will now keep its German manufacturing facility open until the ...
Read Full Story »

Some Sun Shines on Chinese Solar Companies (STP, YGE, TSL, CSIQ, HSOL, FSLR, SPWR, TAN)

Posted: June 8, 2012 at 2:07 pm

Even though solar PV stocks have plunged over the last 18 months, there is a ray of hope in the sector according to a report at Bloomberg. China’s five largest ...
Read Full Story »

Solar Tariffs Bring Risks & Rewards (FSLR, SPWR, STP, TSL, LDK, GTAT, TAN)

Posted: May 18, 2012 at 7:01 am

Solar stocks are going to again be under a focus on Friday after the Commerce Department tariffs on Chinese solar products was far higher than originally projected.  Duties will be ...
Read Full Story »

One Small Solar Merger Could Trigger More Solar Mergers (WEST, FSLR, SPWR, LDK, WFR, TAN)

Posted: May 9, 2012 at 8:04 am

Westinghouse Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: WEST) may have some good news for the entire solar sector.  The company has announced a merger agreement between it and CBD Energy Ltd. (ASX: CBD).  ...
Read Full Story »

Earth Day Tainted By Billions In Alternative Energy Losses (FAN, QLCN, TAN, KWT, PWND, PBW, FSLR, SPWR, WFR, XOM, CVX, BP, CREE, TSLA)

Posted: April 20, 2012 at 12:58 pm

Earth Day is April 22, 2012, which is this Sunday.  Many Americans and many people elsewhere will be thinking about how they can be more green.  Sadly, there are going ...
Read Full Story »