According to Benzinga, Hapoalim Securities sees flat worldwide demand for solar in 2011 at around 15GW. Due to changes to incentives they see significant drops in Germany and the Czech Republic, but some growth in Italy, US, Japan and China. However, they don’t see growth in those countries offsetting the declines in Germany and Czech. It’s been a rough couple weeks for most solar stocks and the declines continue today. Taking a look at … Read the rest
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Kiplingers Obama Portfolio: Vestas Wind Systems (VWSYF), First Solar (FSLR)
In an article over at Kiplingers, Laura Cohn discusses some renewable energy plays that could begin running again due to Obama’s clean energy policies, which include deriving 10% of electricity from renewable energy sources within just the next few years.
– Vestas Wind Systems (VWSYF.PK)
The Danish company trades on the pink sheets and is the world’s leading supplier of wind turbines with a market share of 23%
– First Solar (FSLR)… Read the rest
Short solar?
Jeff from The Option Addict came out with a note showing some short candidates in the Solar Energy space due to their technical weakness. Stocks include CSIQ, LDK, SOL, STP, TAN, WFR, and YGE.… Read the rest