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Things are still looking up at JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd., (NASDAQ:JASO).  The maker of high-performance solar cells raised its guidance for its third quarter which ended September 30, 2010.  The...
Just a few days after disclosing a solid order book for 2011, LDK Solar Co., Ltd. (NYSE: LDK) has announced that it has signed a two-year agreement with BYD Co. Ltd. (OTC: BYDDF) worth approximately...
Alternative energy is big business — and getting bigger. The industry includes hundreds of companies that make a piece of the continuously expanding jigsaw puzzle that is the alt energy space....
Construction and engineering firm Fluor Corp. (NYSE:FLR) has revealed that the company will take a charge of about $163 million, or -$0.90/share, against its third quarter results due to projected...
America, the home of Al Gore and one of the large nations which has become environmentally conscious, is full of people who do not understand pollution or its effects at all. The Yale Project on...
The US Environmental Protection Agency has released its expected increase in the ethanol “blend wall” from 10% (E10) to 15% (E15) for light vehicles built in model year 2007 and later. The agency...
An expected 27,000 attendees are spending a few days in Los Angeles at the Solar Power International 2010 conference and exhibit. There are about 1,100 exhibitors, with a few unusual suspects...
Is it a jinx to say that a sector has risen too much?  Sometimes, but the recent run up in solar shares ahead of earnings season is looking like many key names have much more than just good news...
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is expanding its advanced solar products and services portfolio.  The new solar thin film panel, system and inverter products are said to “enhance GE’s ability to...
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) will be one of the major investors in a massive wind farm project on the East Coast. It is hard to see how the search engine company will make money on the project, as is true...
The great dream of America’s energy planners and nightmare of the oil companies and coal producers is that one day the US will have a large scale, economic way to bring electricity to homes across...
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) has raised its guidance, of a sort.  While the company did not give financial guidance it did raise its Megawatt order expectations.  The lack of actual finance...
Shares in JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: JASO) are up more than 5% this morning on news that the company has signed a contract with the solar division of BP plc (NYSE: BP) for an additional 100...
As wind farms get built closer to where people live, the downsides to the massive installations get a lot more attention. Well, at least from nearby residents, who discover that the giant blades and...
It may seem to be an extremely modest start, but the Interior Department has approved two large-scale solar projects which will be the first ever build on public land. The Imperial Valley Solar...