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What is worse than when an analyst issues a “Sell” rating?  Not much, but how about this… A “Strong Sell!”  S&P Capital IQ has ratings ranging from “Strong Sell” as the worst...
American Superconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: AMSC), a provider of products for the wind and power grid markets has suffered through a nasty stretch during the past 18 months following the refusal of the...
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 that sector leader rise, but...
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) is finding some redemption after its earnings report.  The U.S. solar giant has reported earnings of $1.27 EPS on $957 million in revenues for its second quarter. ...
Wall St. is willing to take even the slightest bit of good news as great news when it comes to the battered and beaten solar sector. The earnings report from Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ) only...
Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NYSE: STP) sounds doomed. The damage sets a sour tone for the week’s solar lineup as First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) is set to report earnings this week. Suntech...
Short interest data is out from the July 13 settlement date. There were a few big changes with some key solar stocks over the June 29 settlement date. We have taken a look at most of the major solar...
Following the lead of several US solar panel makers, European solar makers are set to launch a complaint with the European Commission accusing China’s solar panel makers of selling solar PV cells...
KiOR, Inc. (NASDAQ: KIOR) is now one step closer to bringing its renewable fuel to market.  The renewable fuels company announced that it has been granted Part 79 registration for its Renewable...
A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., today ruled that the US EPA’s 2010 rule limiting emissions of sulfur dioxide was valid. The rule had been challenged by a trade group representing,...
For the second time this year, a start-up company has shelved a planned IPO. This time its Coskata Inc., an Illinois-based company that manufactures ethanol from any carbon-based material. In April,...
China’s Ministry of Commerce will begin an antidumping investigation into imports of U.S.-made and Korean-made polysilicon, the stuff that is used to make crystalline solar cells. The investigation...
Shares of First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) are up about 8% in the early afternoon on the company’s announcement that it has now installed another 100 megawatts of solar panels at its Agua Caliente...
Advanced battery maker A123 Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: AONE) said this morning that it will raise about $39 million through a sale of shares and warrants to institutional investors combined with the...
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...