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)...
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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.
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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)
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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...
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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...
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Merrill Lynch analyst Steve Milunovich has published a report an the state of cleantech sectors in 2009. For most of the green investors, the summary given by Jay Yarow in Cleantech Collapse: The Horrible Outlook For Alternative Energy in 2009 will give an idea of the views presented by the star analyst.
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Many green investors look only at the green ETFs and green stocks quoted on the New York Stock Exchange. In addition, most of the web sites dedicated to ETFs only collect information about the ETFs quoted on NYSE. Today I'll take a short look at the green ETFs quoted on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
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