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In a “we versus them” speech today, President Obama again called for the end of subsidies for oil and gas companies. His speech talked about the global opportunities that the big oil companies...
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Solar power just cannot get a break. The age of austerity is drilling holes in the solar economic viability business model. Today’s negative news flow stems out of Italy, where the nation is...
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Problems in the solar PV market are well-known. Oversupply has led to a price drop of around 50% for modules, governments are cutting subsidies, and systems are still too expensive. Enphase Energy...
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The green economy often is cited as a key driver of the national economic recovery. At the very least, it is creating jobs. The total number of jobs related to green products and services in 2010 was...
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Lithium ion battery maker A123 Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: AONE) has announced a field campaign to replace modules and battery packs that may contain defective cells. The defect may result in premature...
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Enzyme commercialization company Verenium Corp. (NASDAQ: VRNM) has announced the sale of several of its assets to Dutch firm DSM Food Specialties B.V., a business group of Royal DSM. The sale...
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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 last night,...
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First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) has been one of the worst performing stocks out there over the last year. Michael Ahern is searching for a new CEO after a departure or termination of Rob Gillette...
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Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ: PLUG) is a company which we accused of plugging its shareholders on Thursday with the filing of a secondary offering to raise capital. In an underwritten public offering of...
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The rise of “green” may finally have begun to help the US economy. New Bureau of Labors statistics claim that 3.1 million Americans were employed in green jobs in 2010. The agency itself...
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Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ: PLUG) is effectively plugging its shareholders. The alternative and clean-energy player has announced that it intends to offer its common stock in an underwritten public...
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FuelCell Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: FCEL) is taking it on the chin this morning on news that the company is raising capital. A secondary offering of 20 million shares may sound like a huge offering, but...
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Solar thermal generation provider BrightSource Energy Inc. has filed an amended Form S-1 with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for an IPO of 6.9 million shares at a price of $21-$23/share....
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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 imagine...
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Solar shares are in a bit of flux after reports that the U.S. Commerce Department has ruled that Chinese solar panel makers have received illegal subsidies from China’s government. U.S. based...
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