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First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) is supposed to be the best of the best of all U.S.-based solar companies. It is the leader and is supposed to cross the $1 billion threshold for quarterly revenues...
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Last April General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) announced that it would build a thin-film solar plant with a capacity of 400 megawatts of annual production, but it did not specify where the plant would...
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When were panning the hell out of the solar sector earlier in the year at significantly higher share prices, we were very certain that the sector was going to be in trouble. Austerity was only a...
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It is hard to understand why General Motors (NYSE: GM) would continue to punish itself by moving further into the electric car market. Sales of its Chevy Volt have been a few hundred per month. It...
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SunPower (NASDAQ: SPWRA) and First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR) are two prominent U.S. solar manufacturers receiving billions in government-backed loans — funding meant to facilitate deployment of...
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Stock prices for the solar PV makers have fallen by -40% to -80% in the past 12 months, with the bulk of the crash occurring since May. The collapse is due to an oversupply of manufacturing capacity...
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For several years, investing in large alt energy projects depended on large commercial banks being able to profit from the tax equity generated by a project’s developer. That investment strategy...
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Despite the debacle with a $535 million loan guarantee to now-bankrupt Solyndra, the US Department of Energy is pressing ahead with loan guarantees to solar projects ahead of tomorrow’s deadline....
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Last June Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) created a $280 million fund with SolarCity to finance residential solar projects. Yesterday the world’s search engine giant created a $75 million fund with...
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If the US has an energy policy — a big if — that policy turns on two factors. One, reducing energy imports; and two, reducing environmentally harmful emissions. How the US will reach those goals...
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In the wake of the weak global economic news, some alternative energy stocks are being swept along in the current of bad news, while a few others are making a bit of a comeback. Overall, though,...
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Solar PV maker First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) failed to meet a deadline in its application for a federal loan guarantee amounting to $1.9 billion for its Topaz solar farm project. The project was...
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General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) has signed agreements with a number of companies that will use GE’s technology to explore for energy, generate power, and make beer in China. The contracts literally...
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The wind power industry has taken something of a back seat to the solar PV makers in the last few months. News of bankruptcies, missed earnings targets, and collapsing prices will always supplant...
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This may be a first. Have you ever seen a company repurchase stock and then announce that it repurchased too much stock and has sold shares to get the cash back? This is the story of LDK Solar...
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