Canaccord Adams analyst Jonathan Dorsheimer reduced the First Solar (NYSE:FSLR) rating from buy to hold after yesterday’s analyst meeting organized by the First Solar. Dorsheimer sees the price target still at $180. Consequently, the First Solars shares are sliding down fourty-five minutes after the opening of New York Stock Exchange (-2.5% at 10:18 AM). (update: [...]

AORA is a private company providing solar hybrid power solutions in Israel. Zaher Karp has interviewed COO Yuval Susskind for the article "Hybrid Thermal Plant Provides Constant Power" published by Matter Network.

European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) has published  SET For 2020 Report outlining how photovoltaics can become a mainstream energy supplier in Europe by 2020. The analysis is based both on quantitative data and interviews of around 100 key people in industry, research institutes, utilities, regulatory agencies and government across Europe and other parts of [...]

According to Munich Re, the electricity produced in solar thermal power plants in North Africa and transported from there to Europe as a possibility that is no longer a distant vision but rather an technologically achievable possibility.

The stock markets have rallied for three months after the low of early March 2009. Almost any investment has been profitable during this period but solar energy sector has shown extraordinary good performance. Claymore/MAC (Ticker: TAN) has gained 121.8 % during the last three months. During the same time, Market Vectors Solar Energy ETF (Ticker: KWT) [...]

The Market Vectors Solar Energy ETF (NYSE: KWT) is another interesting solar energy ETF quoted on the New York Stock Exchange. It seeks to replicate the performance of the Ardour Solar Energy Index (SOLRX). The Ardour Solar Energy Index SM is calculated and maintained by Dow Jones Indexes. The index tracked included  companies from around [...]

The Claymore/MAC Global Solar Energy Index ETF (NYSE:TAN), is another interesting clean tech ETF. The ETF seeks to present results that correspond generally to the performance of the MAC Global Solar Energy Index. The Index is designed to track companies within certain segments of the solar energy industry: companies that produce solar power equipment and products [...]