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ThinkstockThere hasn’t been a lot of good news in the solar energy business for the past couple of years, but SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) has really turned it around since the beginning of the...
ThinkstockWe have tracked the short interest in the following North American Solar companies as of April 15: Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ), First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR), GT Advanced...
ThinkstockChinese solar panel maker LDK Solar Co. Ltd. (NYSE: LDK) missed a $24 million bond repayment last Tuesday, and on Thursday it turned in absolutely terrible numbers for its fiscal 2012...
ThinkstockFirst Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) said today that it has sold its Campo Verde solar energy project to a subsidiary of Southern Company (NYSE: SO) and Turner Renewable Energy. The sale price...
Our list of the 10 best green cars for 2013 provides a somewhat granular look at the market for hybrid and all-electric cars in the U.S. But a higher level look also indicates that the market is...
ThinkstockSwiss-based industrial firm ABB (NYSE: ABB) said today that it has agreed to acquire U.S.-based solar power firm Power-One Inc. (NASDAQ: PWER) for $6.35 a share, or about $1 billion, in...
ThinkstockKelly Blue Book, the auto research firm, named the Nissan Leaf as its best green car. Since Nissan is a second-tier car company, its larger rivals will be annoyed. Cars that run on...
thinkstockThe race to replace fossil fuels with “green” energy slowed last year. As the industry struggled, China took the lead among nations with green energy investments. It is not much of a...
thinkstockFollowing a rosy presentation at an analysts’ meeting yesterday, shares of First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) rose more than 45%, pulling a wagon load of other solar panel makers along with...
ThinkstockWe have tracked the short interest in the following North American Solar companies as of March 28: Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ), First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR), GT Advanced...
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 new efficiencies being...
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 to buy the shares. Then...
FiskerIf you have been following the trends in hybrid cars and all-electric cars, you probably think of Tesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) as the winner in the high-performance electric car market. You...
courtesy Ford Motor Co.Hybrid car sales totaled 46,327 vehicles in March, with Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) grabbing just over 68% of the total, with sales of more than 31,512 Toyota and Lexus...
ThinkstockBP PLC (NYSE: BP) must like shale, gas and oil exploration and production better than new age energy sources. It wants to dump its wind operations in the United States. According to...