Solar panel prices have crashed by around 30% globally in 2016, a development that has made every major producer rethink their strategy with respect to expansion and growth.
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December 3 - Hedge Funds, News
SolarCity Corp (NASDAQ:SCTY) is one hot company. The company counts super-entrepreneur Elon Musk as its chairman and Lyndon Rive, an Elon Musk cousin, as CEO.
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September 18 - News
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) has been a roller coaster ride over the past three years. After being left for dead in 2012, First Solar, Inc.
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September 17 - News
The U.S. Army is going green. No, it's not getting new uniforms again. Instead, it has now awarded the third of four contracts focused on renewable energy technology.
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September 16 - News
Solar manufactures are struggling with commoditization. U.S. manufactures have been fighting to stay alive and compete with low-cost Chinese panels subsidized by Beijing.
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September 13 - News
The U.S. military has quietly become one of the biggest investors in green energy over the past five years, and it's taking steps to put even more money behind the sun.
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September 9 - News
Europe dominated demand during the emergence of the solar industry during the 2000s.
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August 29 - News
Solar and wind energy are making great strides. Every day we hear about a new plant going up or a solar company breaking records.
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August 26 - News
SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ:SPWR) has announced another financing option for customers, this time in Australia.
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August 22 - News
Earlier this month there were rumors floating through the industry that downstream solar company Sunrun was for sale.
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August 20 - News
Solar panels were installed on the White House last week, part of President Obama's commitment to use more renewable energy.
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August 18 - News
Trina Solar Limited (ADR) (NYSE:TSL) will release its quarterly report on Tuesday, and investors who've followed the solar industry know how volatile stocks throughout the sector...
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August 16 - News
Not all solar companies are created equal.
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August 12 - News
PG&E Corporation (NYSE:PCG) has garnered a lot of positive attention lately as it quickly becomes the leading solar-powered electricity purchaser in the U.S.
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August 12 - News
Arizona is the stage for a very important debate at the heart of the solar industry right now, and it could have a big effect on some of the industry's largest players.
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August 8 - News
SolarCity will release its quarterly report on Wednesday, and for a company that just came public last December, the stock has been hugely successful for investors, having tripled...
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August 7 - News
SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ:SPWR)'s stock fell 14% yesterday despite an incredibly good quarter and a number of analysts raising their price targets on the stock.
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August 5 - News
Earnings season has finally begun for the solar industry, and so far the numbers look encouraging.
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August 5 - News
Over the past three months, share outperformance for solar companies has been electrifying; the group is up 85% as compared to S&P 500 rising only 5%.
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August 5 - News
Often, on the first day of the month, you'll see a lot of buying activity as money tied to monthly paychecks and automatic investing programs comes into the market.
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August 2 - News
(NASDAQ:SPWR) just reported.
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August 2 - News
The sun has many shades, and solar companies come in different colors.
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July 27 - News
Total SA (ADR) (NYSE:TOT) will release its quarterly report tomorrow, and investors have gotten a bit more upbeat about the prospects for the French oil company's stock.
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July 25 - News
Over the past few weeks I've had the chance to talk with some of the most influential executives in solar, and while there are considerable aspects of the solar industry they ...
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July 18 - News
The solar market is exploding. Both the major U.S. players, SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ:SPWR) and First Solar, Inc.
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July 18 - News
In two previous articles, I’ve examined how financial institutions and big data companies like Apple and Google are working with solar power.
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July 17 - News
Renewable energy accounts for approximately 16% of total energy consumption.
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July 17 - News
We're heading into peak air conditioning season, and that means electricity bills will be at their peak, squeezing consumers.
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July 15 - News
Forward thinking European nations like Germany and Spain have paved the way in developing solar power.
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July 12 - News
The embattled Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:STP) is a giant solar products manufacturing company.
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July 11 - News
Stocks of solar energy companies have delivered an outstanding performance over the past year.
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July 10 - News
On June 25, President Obama gave orders to issue permits for 10 gigawatts of renewable energy on public land, with the focus on a 200% increase in renewable energy generation ...
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July 8 - News
The entire stock market has posted outstanding returns so far this year, with major market benchmarks in the U.S. having shown double-digit percentage gains.
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July 5 - News
Pandora Media Inc (NYSE:P), SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ:SPWR), and Yelp Inc (NYSE:YELP) are specific technology plays trending higher in recent days.
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July 3 - News
The extraordinary rally of solar panels manufacturers’ stocks including SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ:SPWR) and First Solar, Inc.
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July 3 - News
Shares of PowerSecure International, Inc. (NASDAQ:POWR) have taken investors on a fantastic ride this year.
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July 2 - News
The recent news that First Solar, Inc.
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July 1 - News
In the UK, that's exactly what is being proposed through the use of solar panels.
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June 25 - News
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) has been a poster boy for market success in 2013.
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June 25 - News
North Dakota, South Dakota. North Carolina, South Carolina. For heaven's sake -- the North and the South.
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June 24 - News
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) became the latest to offer shares of convertible debt to the market in an effort to raise cash.
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June 24 - News
While solar technology was once confined to pipe dreams and college kit car races, technological advances and government mandates have moved the solar business into the mainstream...
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June 20 - News
Don't look now but SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ:SPWR) has become the best-performing stock in the solar industry.
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June 20 - News
Solar stocks have mounted quite the comeback over the past year as both First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) and SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ:SPWR) are up well over triple digits.
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June 19 - News
The Energy Information Administration's (EIA) 2013 total system levelized cost (LCOE) estimates aren't exactly earth-shaking.
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June 18 - News
Americans don't exactly have much faith in their government right now, so excuse me for suggesting that we need to introduce more taxes.
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June 17 - News
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) asked for another infusion of cash this week, and with one of the best balance sheets in solar, it's reasonable to wonder why the company needs...
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June 14 - News
When several prominent solar companies soared in 2011, the stage was set for the entire clean-energy group to explode.
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June 12 - News