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Energy
Solar ETFs Not Chasing Vivint Deal
The acquisition of Vivint Solar just is not having a broad spillover to the solar exchange traded funds.
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Energy
SunPower, First Solar YieldCo Lights Up Solar Stocks
In what can only be called a surprise move, SunPower and First Solar announced Monday evening that they are joining forces to create a yieldco.
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Infrastructure
Have Solar Stocks Sold Off Too Much?
If one sector is sensitive to market sell-offs or to lower crude oil prices, it is the alternative energy sector.
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Infrastructure
J.P. Morgan: Only Three Solar Stocks to Buy and Own Now
thinkstockWith any other emerging technology, the cheaper it gets, the more it is accepted. Solar is the living proof of that. The good thing for investors that embrace a position of solar…
10:20am ET
Infrastructure
Three Drivers Behind First Solar
First Solar is surging at the same time that the company is conducting its analyst meeting. There are three issues running the stock higher,and there are implications elsewhere to consider as well.
8:25am ET
Energy
Five Long-Term Solar Energy Stock Survivors
flickr / walmartcorporateThe solar sector has seen its share of pain. In fact, many observers believe that the industry would not be able to operate without tax assistance and subsidies for the…
11:20am ET
Energy
Solar Stock Rally Nears 2007-2008 Craze: Time for a Reality Check?
thinkstockThe 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 all over…
4:26pm ET
Infrastructure
SunPower Earnings Good Enough to Support Whole Solar Sector
thinkstockSunPower 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. The company…
4:14pm ET
Energy
Six Alt-Energy and Solar ETFs Rocked by First Solar (FSLR, GEX, TAN, ICLN, KWT, PBW, QCLN)
thinkstockFirst 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 top of…
1:53pm ET
Energy
First Solar Guidance Shocks — to the High Side
ThinkstockIn 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 an excuse…
9:25am ET
Energy
First Solar Fallout Deals Crushing Blow to Speculative Solar Sector
thinkstockFirst 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 poor sales…
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Investing
Alternative Energy and Cleantech Picks and Pans for 2013
thinkstockThe 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 are future…
11:17am ET
Housing
Blackstone $2 Billion Acquisition Ties in Solar and Home Automation
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 paying a…
10:39am ET
Energy
Reality Check: First Solar May Have Saved Solar Sector
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 only does…
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Energy
China Boosts Solar Installation Goal by 2015 by 4x
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 to more…