alternative energy
alternative energy Articles
The last year or so has been good for IPOs in the biofuel and bioenergy sector. Beginning with Codexis, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDXS) in 2010, four other companies have successfully issued stock this year:...
Published:
China’s JinkoSolar Holding Co. Ltd. (NYSE: JKS) has from its beginnings been viewed as a low-cost provider of solar PV panels. Unfortunately, competition in the sector has brought every other solar...
Published:
The US Department of Commerce has begun its investigation of a trade complaint accusing Chinese makers of solar PV modules of dumping their goods on the US market at less than the cost of...
Published:
Last Updated:
Last Friday, the Chinese government announced a phase-out of incandescent light bulbs, beginning with eliminating 100-watt+ bulbs by the end of 2012 and 60-watt+ bulbs by 2014. The decision triggered...
Published:
Last Updated:
Our series on expected upside in stock prices continues today with a look at the biofuels sector. What you are about to see are numbers that, for the most part, defy gravity. With just two of these...
Published:
If there is one single event that can help an entire sector out immediately, it is when China announces major policy changes. News is out that China is taking a multi-step plan to stop the use of...
Published:
The train wreck more widely known as the solar sector may finally be adjusting to reality and trying to get back on the tracks. SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWRA) reported earnings after the markets...
Published:
There is some food for thought in the world of alternative energy against the hatred of banks. It is a very painful observation, but it is turning out to be that the government may have done far...
Published:
Alternative energy stocks continue on their path of self-destruction. The government has been handing over taxpayer cash in droves to help fund alternative energy companies. Now what we are...
Published:
Last Updated:
The first large-scale geothermal electricity generating plant in the US was developed in the 1960s in northern California. Unocal, now part of Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX), did the initial work and the...
Published:
First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) went ahead and got its earnings report out of the way. After all, it botched its “CEO exit” so badly yesterday that it was an unfair burden to shareholders. ...
Published:
Last Updated:
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) must be in real trouble, even worse than what we have all been fearing. Rob Gillette is out as CEO. The circumstances behind the news were not telegraphed well at...
Published:
Last Updated:
About a month and a half ago, we looked at several solar stocks to try to determine if there happened to be a good value play in the sector. Given the significant drop in share prices since the...
Published:
Last Updated:
The blossoming trade war with China has just been warmed-up a notch. Led by a German solar PV maker with operations in the US, seven US-based companies have filed a trade case with the US Department...
Published:
Last Updated:
The number of jobs in the US solar industry has risen by 6.8% year-over-year from August 2010 to August 2011. Over 100,000 people are now employed in making, selling, and installing solar systems in...
Published:
Last Updated: