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In Focus: Trina’s Triple Solar Crown
According to the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), Trina Solar has been guilty of using Chinese government subsidies to win a big portion of the U.S. solar panel market. The DOC imposed a 31.14 percent tariff on the company. But Trina awarded itself a Triple Crown for 2011 because of numbers it achieved that belied [...]
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 [...]
Trina Introduces New Products for the U.S Market $TSL
As part of its push to increase North American marketshare, China-based Trina Solar announced a “three-pronged service solution,” consisting of three new offerings. Two are on the installation side, and the third is the introduction to the North American market of its more efficient Honey cell PV module. The new module is among the most [...]
Why Tier One Chinese Solar will Survive and Thrive $STP $YGE $TSL
The chart above tells a particularly interesting story. Back in November of 2011, having been bearish on solar for some months, we argued that the market was finally beginning to see a process of rebalancing in the solar sector. A key component of this of course related to a number of announcements from Chinese solar players [...]
Trina Solar Invests in Children’s School $TSL
Trina Solar (NYSE: TSL), one of China’s leading solar manufacturers, is establishing an international school to attract talented children from around the world as potential future management. Changzhou Trina International School will primarily attract children from the expatriate community, as well as students from Jiangsu Province who have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement. The stated goal is to meet the city’s growing [...]
3 Solar Stocks Ready to Launch $LDK $FSLR $TSL
( click to enlarge ) Trina Solar Limited (ADR) (NYSE:TSL) – I like that the stock finished strong on Monday and I expect to see a continuation move tomorrow. Resistance is $7.26, which reflects its 50-day MA. Once the stock breaks resistance, I expect to see the buyer push the stock higher. The technical [...]