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- DayStar: Latest Thin-Film Player to Hit Roadblocks
- Santa Clara, Calif.-based DayStar Technologies has been maneuvering to become an industry leader in the development of thin film solar cells, commonly known as a CIGS solar cells, for the direct conversion of sunlight into electricity. (Solar remains the second leading investment category for clean tech, as the latest data...
- Blog posts 2008-04-15
- EMCORE Milks the Solar Cow on Utility-Scale Farms
- The Company: EMCORE Corp., a provider of semiconductor-based components and subsystems. The Filing: FORM 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 11, 2008. The Finding: On August 5, EMCORE Corp. announced two purchase agreements, with a total value of approximately $40 million, for delivery of its...
- Blog posts 2008-09-23
- Silicon Issues Eclipse JA Solar’s Growth Prospects
- The Company: JA Solar Holdings Co., a China-based developer of photovoltaic solar cells. The Filing: FORM 6-K filed with the SEC on August 18, 2008. The Finding: JA Solar confirmed Wednesday its production guidance in the range of 340-megawatts MW to 350MW for fiscal 2008, and...
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
- Cash Problems in SunPower's Future
- The Company: SunPower Corp., a solar cell and panel maker. The Filing: FORM 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 7, 2008. The Finding:Ă‚Â SunPower filed its third-quarter 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission late Friday.Ă‚Â In addition to new foreign exchange currency issues, a read of...
- Blog posts 2008-11-08
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- Will the Sun Set on Canadian Solar's Market Strategy?
- The Company: Canadian Solar, a seller of solar-cell and photovoltaic-module products for residential and commercial applications, principally in Europe. The Filing: Form F-3 Registration Statement filed on July 14 with the SEC. The Finding: Canadian Solar said Monday that it shipped about 47 megawatts of solar...
- Blog posts 2008-07-15
- Rising Oil Prices Eclipse Weak Solar Industry Fundamentals
- As crude oil futures cross the $72 a barrel mark, advocates of solar energy are trumpeting an industry turnaround across the photovoltaic supply chain. But judging from comments by chief executive Tom Zarrella of GT Solar, a supplier of fabrication equipment, a rebound in customer demand is unlikely to occur...
- Blog posts 2009-06-16
- U.S. Not Keeping Pace With Foreign Rivals on Solar Production
- Despite a dramatic increase in solar cell production in the United States last year -- up 48 percent to 266 megawatts -- the nation's share of global production and installations continued to fall in 2007, according to the latest Vital Signs Update from the Worldwatch Institute, produced in collaboration with...
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- GT Solar Not Immune to Solar Cycles
- The Company: GT Solar International, a global provider of ingot casting furnaces and solar-grade silicon reactors. The Filing: Form S-1/A Registration Statement filed on July 23 with the SEC. The Finding: GT Solar Holdings, LLC, sold 30.3 million shares of its stake in GT...
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Evergreen Solar Walking on Sunshine
- Evergreen Solar said Thursday it received two long-term contracts worth nearly $1 billion. The company inked a $750 million deal with Germany-based Ralos Vertriebs, a major European installer of large-scale solar power plants, for panel deliveries starting this year through 2013 and another deal worth about $250...
- Blog posts 2008-05-23
- First Solar Edging Closer to U.S. Markets
- The Company: First Solar, the largest manufacturer of thin film photovoltaic solar modules. The Filing: Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on July 31. The Finding: First Solar reported net income year-over-year rose 57 percent to $69.7 million, as higher-than-expected production from a new plant in...
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- Trina Solar: Still Struggling to Bring Manufacturing Costs in Line With Falling Prices
- Jifan Gao, chairman and chief executive of Trina Solar, told analysts on the solar panel maker's second-quarter earnings call that he believed market confidence was returning to the photovoltaic sector and expected gross margin to stabilize going forward. Critical to Gao's optimistic modeling, however, are certain assumptions on the vertically...
- Blog posts 2009-09-02
- Trouble Brewing at Hoku Scientific?
- The Company: Hoku Scientific, a designer of solar-cell materials The Filing: Form DEF 14A filed on July 25 with the SEC The Finding: Although he failed to meet fiscal 2008 goals -- implementation of Sarbanes-Oxley initiatives and gross margin and net income targets -- Hoku's board...
- Blog posts 2008-07-28
- Sun Rises on China Sunergy
- The Company: China Sunergy, a solar cell product manufacturer. The Filing: FORM 6-K filed with the SEC on August 25, 2008. The Finding: For the latest second-quarter, China Sunergy said its gross profit was $11.6 million, which led to a blended gross margin of 10.4 percent,...
- Blog posts 2008-09-24
- Sunny Days for China Sunergy
- The Company: China Sunergy, a specialized solar cell manufacturer based in Nanjing. The Filing: Form 6-K filed on June 25, 2008 The Finding: China Sunergy entered into a $400 million purchase agreement with Norwegian-based Renewable Energy, the world's largest producer of silicon wafers to the solar...
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
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