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LDK Solar Defaults on Convertible Notes
On the heels of Suntech’s bankruptcy last month, LDK Solar Company Ltd. (Xinyu City, China) failed to make full payments of $23.8 million-worth of 4.75% convertible notes due this year. LDK was able to reach a private agreement on some cash payments and payment postponement with two other holders of $16.6M in notes. The company [...]
How are Solar Manufacturers Surviving in Today’s Market?
Plunging panel prices, economic havoc and new technologies have solar manufacturing in turmoil. A panel of experts offered insiders’ insights at the GTM Phoenix solar summit last week on the state of play and when and how it will change. Moderator Shyam Mehta, the GTM Research Senior Solar Analyst, opened by asking how long the [...]
JA Solar’s CEO Peng Fang Discusses The Solar Industry
Dr. Peng Fang, the CEO of vertically integrated solar giant JA Solar Holdings (Nasdaq:JASO), spoke with Greentech Media on Tuesday about photovoltaic technology, global trade, and the future of China’s domestic solar market. Capacity and Recent Financial Results JA is an enormous firm that had 3 gigawatts of solar cell capacity and 1.2 gigawatts of [...]
Solar Stocks Move Higher
Solar stocks have been on an impressive run with the Guggenheim Solar ETF, which consists of approximately 25 stocks selected based on the relative importance of solar power within the Company’s business model, up roughly 19 percent in the month of January. Aaron Chew, a Maxim Group LLC analyst in New York recently told Bloomberg [...]
JA Solar Hits 18.5% Efficiency $JASO
In a solar industry hungry for good news, JA Solar Holdings (Nasdaq:JASO) announced it had achieved a small milestone in efficiency levels and saw its stock jump by almost 14 percent to $1.40 on Tuesday after hitting 52-week lows on the previous day. The vertically integrated Chinese solar firm with a focus on cells announced [...]
Chinese Solar Stocks Pressured after Trade Complaint Filed $STP $LDK $JASO
Chinese solar companies are facing pressure from U.S. solar manufacturers for selling their products in the U.S. at very low prices. Last week, seven U.S. solar manufacturers filed complaint against Chinese solar manufacturers for using anti-competitive tactics. In a complaint filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission and the Commerce Department, U.S. companies have asked [...]
JA Solar Bucks the Solar Stock Downtrend $JASO
Shares of JA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd. (ADR) (NASDAQ: JASO), a manufacturer of high-performance solar cells, are seeing a huge rally in today’s trading. At last check, JA Solar shares were trading 14.50% higher at $2.29, with volume up from daily average of 4.92 million to 5.08 million. JA Solar shares are rebounding after hitting [...]
JA Solar (JASO) To Expand Capacity 30%, Build Solar Facility In U.S. $JASO
Bloomberg reported over the weekend that JA Solar plans to expand solar cell productioncapacity by at least 30% next year and is currently in negotiations tobuild a solar production facility in the US, joining other Chinamanufacturers who have begun to produce here in the US (Trina Solar andYingli if I’m not mistaken). The company will [...]
JA Solar in partnership and supply agreement with tenKsolar $JASO
JA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd, one of the world’s largest manufacturers ofhigh-performance solar cells and solar power products, has announced apartnership and supply agreement with tenKsolar Inc., a Minnesota-basedsolar technology company. Under the agreement, JA Solar willsupply its high-efficiency "SECIUM" solar cell technology for use intenKsolar’s RAIS rooftop array. When deployed in the tenKsolar RAISarray [...]