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Suntech Power’s Pluto Solar Cell Hits 20.3% Efficiency
The Pluto cell, produced by Suntech Power Holdings, has set a new world record for efficiency. The production cell demonstrated 20.3 percent efficiency while using commercial-grade p-type silicon wafers. This result has been confirmed by the Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore which also tested the Pluto cell’s first generation. The first Pluto cell produced [...]
Suntech Power Sets Records in PV Efficiency and Performance
While the recent solar market has its dark side (bankruptcies, layoffs, slim profits, and consolidation), the industry continues to innovate and drive device performance ever upward. Some of the following milestones represent ‘hero experiments,’ but nevertheless — the numbers keep rising. Today’s announcement from Suntech raises the bar a little higher for the world’s number [...]
Outlook: 2012 Chinese Solar Industry
The Chinese solar industry will achieve unprecedented growth in 2012, adding more than 2.8 GW. The strong growth of Chinese solar in 2012 is due to both the 12th Five Year Plan for Renewable Energy Development (2011-2015) and their feed-in tariffs (FiTs). In February, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology posted a plan that [...]
Suntech Recalls SolarBlend Roofing Tiles
Suntech America, in conjunction with the Consumer Product Safety Commission, has entered into a voluntary recall regarding certain models of solar power roofing tiles. The product, known as SolarBlend™ Roof Tiles, has been involved in one reported fire that only affected the roof tiles (not the underlying structure) and no one was injured. Nevertheless, Suntech [...]
Solar Stocks: Ready to Party? $STP $SPWR
A funny thing happened after I declared the “fun is done” in solar stocks: Suntech Power Holdings (STP) pre-announced higher than expected revenues and financial results for its fourth quarter, and SunPower Corporation (SPWR) reported earnings that gave solar traders and investors fresh hope. At one point, SPWR broke out from a nice consolidation above [...]
Suntech Power Results Impress $STP
Suntech Power (STP) is out this morning posting preliminary results for Q4 2011 and the results are considerably better than expected. The stock soared at the open up around 20%, but has given much of that back and is currently up around 12% on heavy volume. The company says it has exceeded previous guidance and [...]
Hot Solar Stocks to Keep an Eye On $LDK $STP $CSIQ $TSL
( click to enlarge ) JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (NYSE:JKS) had a strong bounce off its ascending 50 day moving average today, as did most of the stocks in its sector. JKS looks like it wants to make a move. If the stock can break today’s high, we should see a strong upside move. You [...]
Solar Stocks to Watch this Week
In the watchlist posted on Thursday, I had posted the chart of JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (NYSE:JKS) and commented “The volume picked up today and it may be starting a rally. The daily chart shows a doji candle after a few down days, which is sometimes a reversal signal.” Well, the following technical chart above [...]
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 [...]
Blame The Germans: Solar Stocks Nosedive
After installing a record 7.5 gigawatts of solar last year in Germany, almost twice the target, the government announced it would cut solar feed-in payments once again to reduce skyrocketing costs. Although the news was widely expected, solar stocks dived on the world markets, also once again. Representatives of Germany’s solar industry met with government officials to find ways to address [...]
Solar Stocks: Is The Worst Over? $STP $LDK $TSL
In 2011, solar busted out all over the world, soaring 54% to 28 gigawatts (GW), driven by record installations in Germany and Italy, reports Bloomberg New Energy Finance. “The year was on the high side of even bullish estimates,” says Jenny Chase of Bloomberg New Energy. “We think 2012 will be about flat, as European [...]
The Machine That Is Chinese Solar
A notable development in the renewable energy industry has been the swift ascendency of China in solar cell manufacturing. It took under five years for Chinese manufacturers to dominate production and the global market. Many of these manufacturers are Applied Materials customers. So, when MIT’s Technology Review started to research their February cover feature on [...]