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American Superconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: AMSC) announced this morning that it has received a $450 million follow-on order from China’s Sinovel Wind Corp. Ltd. for core electrical components.  The...
Trina Solar Limited (NYSE: TSL) has just posted its quarterly earnings report.  The solar player posted net revenues increased to $120.7 million, up 183.6% year-over-year and 19.0% sequentially;...
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (NYSE: LEH) has announced that it is "considering" strategic alternatives for its SkyPower Corp. unit in Canada to augment its growing capital base and accelerate...
The overall short interest on NASDAQ stocks was actually pretty dull from the end of April to Mid-May, or at least that is the case until you go straight into looking at solar stocks and other...
Solar energy may be the wave of energy’s future, but companies like Google (GOOG) and Chevron (CVX) may best start-ups in getting to the benefits. A number of large American companies with...
After last night’s disclosure and confirmation that NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) had sent a buyout offering letter to Calpine Corporation (NYSE: CPN), we wanted to let the dust settle here before...
Suntech Power Holdings (NYSE: STP) has posted earnings ahead of expectations.  The earnings were $0.35 EPS and revenues rose 76% to $434.5 million; First Call estimates were  $0.28 and $378...
Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc. has filed to come public today via an initial public offering, and it will take the proposed ticker of "SYMX" on NASDAQ.  The two underwriters listed in an offering...
As part of a 10b5-1 trading plan, First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) has seen its CEO Michael Ahearn unload roughly 250,000 shares of common stock.  As of the last filing, he still held some 3,073,839...
Solarfun Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NASDAQ: SOLF) has been on an absolute tear over the last week.  The Chinese PV cell manufacturer will release earnings before the open this Wednesday (May 21).  On...
There is some interesting financing news this morning, even if the financing is not one of massive proportions in private equity, venture capital, or in sovereign-type investments. An OTC-BB listed...
Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTI) is seeing shares under pressure because of its secondary offering.  The company priced a secondary offering of 3,800,000 shares of common stock for...
Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR) won a contract from Scottish & Southern Energy to construct a 500 MW wind farm, the world’s largest, off the coast of Suffolk in the UK. Fluor will book the $1.8...
Between late yesterday and early today, Lazard Capital Markets’ Sanjay Shrestha has keyed on many of his alternative energy picks after earnings or other news.  Among the calls are Canadian Solar,...
Tuesday after the close, we’ll get to see earnings out of Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT). The estimates for the semiconductor fabrication company from First Call are $0.22 EPS on $2.14...