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After markets closed yesterday, First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) announced the resignation of Jens Meyerhoff, president of its utility systems business group, effective September 30th. Meyerhoff...
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Solar companies have seen a big bounce from recent lows and it seems as if something may be brewing if the underlying will cooperate. The most significant event in the solar sector this week was...
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One sector that is not falling in response to the downgrade of US debt is the solar PV industry. It is tanking on its own. Bellwether stock First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) has fallen below $100/share...
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Three major solar PV companies reported earnings after markets closed yesterday, and the final score does not look promising for the solar PV makers. First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) and MEMC...
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The government of China has just authorized what amounts to a feed-in tariff on the country’s grid operators, who will have to pay $0.16- $0.18/kWh to solar PV developers which supply power to the...
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After markets closed yesterday, solar PV maker SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWRA) released a preliminary report for its second quarter and the news was not pretty. SunPower has been a high-flyer in the...
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Earnings from global leader First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) are due tomorrow, and while EPS estimates for the company have fallen from just over $2/share to $0.92/share in the past three months,...
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Shares of LDK Solar Co. Inc. (NYSE: LDK) are getting hit again today following the company’s announcement that a member of its board of directors who was also the head of its audit committee has...
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Chinese solar PV makers are taking a few more lumps today as investors continue to shy away from a sector that has been damaged by low demand forecasts and accounting issues at several of the larger...
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Shares of JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: JASO) fell more than -8% on July 6th and since that day have lost a total of -20%. The reason for the fall was an amended filing which added information...
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Today is not a good-news day in the alternative energy sector. American Superconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: AMSC) has said that it will restate revenues for the last two calendar quarters of 2010,...
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Predictions that oversupply of solar PV modules will push down prices and margins in 2011 apparently have no impact on decisions to continue building additional manufacturing capacity. Wafer makers...
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The projected oversupply of solar PV modules for 2011 and into 2012 has chilled some investors enthusiasm for the solar sector. But one area of the solar world that still appears to be doing well is...
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As part of last week’s story on stock buybacks in the solar PV industry, we opined that a consolidation in the solar industry is looking to take shape. Acquisitions and mergers have already...
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The merger and consolidation phase in solar may be getting underway. Solar PV maker JA Solar Holdings, Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: JASO) has reached an agreement to purchase privately held Silver Age...
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