During the last months, First Solar (FSLR) has not done especially well on the stock market. It seems that even the insiders have lost some of their faith in FSLR as Michael J. Ahearn has sold a substantial amount of FSLR shares. During the last week of February, he sold FSLR shares for about $162,8M. Mr. [...]

First Solar (FSLR) and Southern California Edison have announced they are planning to build two solar power projects in South California. The solar power plants in Riverside and San Bernardino are expected to  generate 550 megawatts of photovoltaic solar electricity which is enough to power 170,000 homes. The construction of the projects should start in [...]

Wind power capacity grows in Missouri faster than in any other US state. In the second quarter, the capacity grew as much as 90 % which is explainable by the low base of the capacity.  Furthermore, the growth comes essentially from only one project operated by Iberdrola Renewables.  (Read more: NY Times,  Treehugger)

Fresh water is a scarce natural resource that is extremely important for humans, agriculture and industrial processes. Thus it is not at all surprising that corporations outside the water sector are interested in the huge opportunities provided by the sector. For example, IBM sees big opportunities in the water management. At the moment, the government stimulus [...]

Yesterday the trading of the common shares of China Wind Power International Corp. began on the TSX Venture Exchange (ticker: CNW). China Wind Power International Corp. is a Ontario company that indirectly holds exclusive rights to wind energy in Du Mon county in Heilongjiang, China. This wind energy company’s stocks might be a good choice [...]

Chinese solar manufacturer Trina Solar (NYSE:TSL) sold 4.5 million American depositary shares. The company nets $124 million ro reducing its debt and financing the expansion in the fast growing solartechnology market in China. Read more in Trina Solar nets $124M for debt, expansion (Cleantech Group). During the last trading days, the First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR) has continued [...]

According to a survey conducted by Polachi Inc., 90 % of the executives in clean tech sector ndicated they predict growth in the sector to resume in one year or less. Nearly one third (31.2%) of these executives claim that growth has already resumed. Read more in CleanTech Brief.

The German Bosch group acquires ersol, photovoltaic cell company based in Erfurt, Germany.  In the future, the company will be known as Bosch Solar Energy AG.  The remaining minority shareholders will receive 102.77 EUR for a share. Links: Bosch übernimmt ersol komplett (in German)

The securities industry has created several interesting water ETFs for green investors, who are convinced that water will be one of the most important resources in the 21st century. People living in the developed countries too easily forget the fact that fresh water is a scarce resource that is needed for both agriculture and industrial [...]

In the future, it could be possible to provide almost free clean energy for everyone, suggests Joel Makover in an article  published by the BusinessWeek. This would become possible, as the homes and businesses become smarter and more self-sufficient regarding energy as we install solar and other renewable energy systems to generate power.  The energy [...]