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The Solar Industry: One Year after the Stock Market Bottom
One year ago today the stock market bottomed and started thedramatic recovery that we are still experiencing. There were basicallytwo corrections along the way – July 2009 and January 2010, but otherthan that it has certainly been a classic "bull market" that has gonestraight up in a very orderly manner. To give yousome perspective below [...]
Yingli Green Energy (YGE) Nets 3 Year Framework Agreement With German Company $yge
Yingli Green Energy just announced the signing of a 3 year frameworkagreement with German solar integrator Gehrlicher Solar AG. Per theagreement, Yingli will supply 285MW worth of PV modules to Gerlicherfor the next 3 years, until 2012. The modules will be used ininstallations across various European markets. In a press release, Mr. Liansheng Miao, Chairman [...]
Suntech Plans To Triple Sales In U.S This Year (STP)
Suntech Power Holdings just announced that it is trying to tripleits US sales this year, from 15 percent of the US market to 20 percent.The company also expects to expand its network of dealers in theUS.Although some industry analysts are concerned that subsidy cuts inGermany could cut demand for solar panels, Suntech is optimistic htatlower [...]
Massachusetts Solar Industry to Grow 30% Per Year
Massachusetts new state solar incentive program that will takeeffect in 2010, it will create and sustain solar industry growth of 30%per year for the foreseeable future. Good news for existing solarcompanies, entrepreneurs looking to enter the space and collegegraduates that want to save the world. Here’s the skinny. The solar photovoltaic (PV) industry is mainlydriven [...]
Obama’s Climate and Clean Energy Achievement: Year 1
During President-Elect Barack Obama’s transition, the Center for American Progress proposed a 10-point clean-energy agenda for the president and Congressthat would speed the economic transformation to a clean energy economy. A review of these items today finds that all were adopted or areworking their way through the process. This is a startling achievementamidst the worst [...]
White Door looks ahead to 2010 as breakout year in global renewable energy industry
Critical Solutions Inc. sales and marketing subsidiary, White Door,Inc., has announced the company is very optimistic that growthpredictions of the use of clean, renewable energy worldwide will helpfacilitate and increase sales of its renewable energy tower systems in2010. According to the Cleantech Group, a leading authority andresearch provider, clean economies will become the new space [...]
Chinese Solar Firms Will be Most Profitable This Year (TSL,FSLR,STP)
If last year was any indication of things to come, the cleantech scene will once again be dominated by China this year. Evidence of this trend is everywhere, from the amount of attentiongiven to Chinese cleantech initiatives by pundits to the stellarreturns China-based companies have been offering. Just look how Trina Solar (NYSE: TSL) fared [...]
Year’s End: Dow, NASDAQ, Solar Drop
Still, a remarkable comeback for stocks Itappears the high optimism of last week that Wall Street would end 2009bullish, the bears entered their dens. The Dow was off 92 points fromlast week, a .88% drop. NASDAQ lost nearly 17, a .73% slip. The 20Solar Stocks Index dropped 2.24 points, about a half percent since lastFriday. [...]
Happy Solar New Year
Yes, that’s a single PV panel you see above. The wires run to a tiny church far to the left. Click to see the full-sized image. Original Article on The Phoenix Sun