If there’s any single word that defines the solar market for 2011, it is “uncertainty.” Policy changes in Germany, France, the Czech Republic, and elsewhere in Europe are expected to slow growth…
After the market closed yesterday, First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) released its initial guidance for 2011. The guidance is higher and the company also sold a project. Much was anticipated and there…
Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP) may be down by more than half from its 52-week highs, but that is not going to keep it from seeing a rather large gain…
Jon C. Ogg The state of California has mandated that a third of its electricity come from renewable sources by the end of the decade. This has caused something of a boomlet in solar thermal…
Oil may still be above $80.00, but solar stocks are on skid row. The dollar/euro is heading the wrong way, new government uncertainty growing louder, and a concern over all major government…
Oil is off the peak again, the markets went soft, and governments are going to have to review spending on all fronts… including most subsidies. All of this aligns rather poorly for…
Is it a jinx to say that a sector has risen too much? Sometimes, but the recent run up in solar shares ahead of earnings season is looking like many key names…
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) has raised its guidance, of a sort. While the company did not give financial guidance it did raise its Megawatt order expectations. The lack of actual finance…
We are seeing another mixed bag in the solar sector of late. Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NYSE: STP) earnings look soft and there was a loss after items. Trina Solar Limited…
Three solar PV companies reported earnings after the markets closed yesterday, and both delivered decent earnings along with cautions about the rest of the year. SunPower Crop. (NASDAQ:SPWRA) reported revenue of $384…
Solar power is great, unless you make the equipment behind all the solar power. The insatiable and endless growth in demand for solar panels and materials used to make them has posed…
For much of this year solar PV makers have been hammered for many reasons, most of which aren’t related. For example, the proposed subsidy cut in Germany expected to take effect on…
There may be more M&A headed to the solar sector. Solar wafer maker MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (NYSE:WFR) has announced its second deal in as many days as it seeks to bulk…
Oil has fallen off the proverbial cliff into the roll date and as the concerns that the eurozone’s weakness is going to spread enough to really hurt the recovery of the global…
Solar is back, partly, or at least the news indicates this on some of the players. Energy Conversion Devices Inc. (NASDAQ:ENER) is a US maker of a flexible, thin-film solar PV panel…