Last week China’s State Council adopted a plan to further develop seven industries that the government has declared strategic, even as the country’s economy slows down. The plan includes the launch of…
The three major US stock indexes opened lower this morning as investors did not pay attention to a report that the eurozone would allow its bailout fund to be used to recapitalize…
The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning as European markets responded positively to reports that Greece is less likely to leave the eurozone. There was also speculation that China…
A story in today’s Taiwan-based Digitimes claims that some of China’s top solar panel makers are having trouble repaying their bank loans. LDK Solar Co. Ltd. (NYSE: LDK) is the only firm…
The string of losses in the solar PV industry is really not news any longer. Stock prices have been hit hard by collapsing panel prices and vanishing margins. Today is really no…
Late yesterday the US Department of Commerce released its preliminary findings in the anti-dumping case against Chinese solar panel makers. The principal finding of the International Trade Administration, the DoC agency that…
When the company reported fourth quarter earnings in March, it set expectations for the first quarter fairly low. Renesola posted an EPS loss of -$0.23, better than the expected loss of -$0.31, and…
One piece of the solar industry that has taken a bigger hit to prices than the panel makers, it’s the polysilicon wafer makers. Case in point is MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. (NYSE:…
Shares of First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) just can’t seem to find a bottom. The only thing to say about this is that maybe today’s the day. Yet the company’s singular story…
After markets closed last night, the two leading US solar PV makers, First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) and SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR), reported first quarter earnings. Both reported EPS losses, but SunPower’s…
The major US stock indexes opened flat this morning but started to move higher following the better-than-expected ISM report on manufacturing (our coverage here). Construction spending in the US was a bit…
Shares of solar PV maker LDK Solar Co. Ltd. (NYSE: LDK) are pointed toward a new 52-week low today following the company’s report on its fourth quarter 2011 earnings. The company had…
The German government had been expected to cut the country’s solar PV subsidy by 15% in April, and by 2% a month thereafter. PV Magazine is reporting today that following a meeting…
Markets opened slightly higher this morning, expecting good news from today’s report on existing home sales. Alas, the number came in lower than expectations and sent the DJIA to a daily low…
Yesterday’s sugar-coated decision by the US Commerce Department to impose tariffs of up to nearly 5% on Chinese-made solar panels imported into the US has hit the makers hard. One can only…
