Peter C. Beller of Forbes sees a solar eclipse in the stock markets. According to Beller, the  solar power sector may be about to deliver investors some bad news. The prices for photovoltaic cells are lowering rapidly which may be good for both the consumer and environment but present solar companies with difficulties during the recession. The [...]

Q-Cells (ETR:QCE) is a German company that develops and produces solar cells. Today the stock has lost already more than 11%, after the company announced it would likely post a loss for the second quarter.

Solar Millennium AG (ETR:S2M) continues to rise. Today, at 12:15 CEST the stock is quoted at 24.80 €, +13.14% since yesterday and more than 55 % in a month. On July 8, 2009, the stock was quoted as low as 19.50 €.

The German solar technology company Solar Millennium AG (ETR:S2M) will provide the technology for one of the biggest solar power plants worldwide. According to Reuters, the plant will be built by a consortium formed by RWE Innogy, Stadwerke Munich, plant builder MAN Ferrostaal, RheinEnergie of Cologne and Eerlangen-based Solar Millennium. Solar Millennium AG is quoted at [...]

QuantaSol is a privately funded company providing third generation solar cells for use in concentrating PV systems. The company has reported having achieved 28.3% efficiency as tested by the Fraunhofer ISE. Green investors should follow closely the news about this company as it might well make the next big breakthrough in solar energy business.

Solar stocks are often seen as basically leveraged oil stocks. So it is not surprising that the recent development of price of oil is reflected in the solar stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs).  Today, crude oil falls for the sixth consecutive day , which is the longest losing streak since the December 2008. The losses [...]

According to an analysis by Nicola Groom for Reuters, the U.S. markets for utility-scale solar power plants will be shared by only three major players during the next few years. These three companies would be First Solar, SunPower Corp and the Suntech Power Holdings (China). Read more (Reuters)…

Clean tech investment has rebounded after two quartals of free fall, according to a report by Cleantech Group LLC. The 2Q09 total is up 12 percent from the previous quarter, although down 44 percent from the same period a year ago. The average round size in 2Q09 was $12.9 million, up from $12.3 million 1Q09. Venture capital investments in solar technology are on the lowest level in three years.

The German blog and news site Cleanthinking.de published a few days ago an interesting story about Solar Millenium (ETR:S2M) from Erlangen, Germany. The company is probably not as well known as First Solar (NYSE:FSLR) among green investors but this might soon change. Solar Millennium AG is one of the companies involved with the Desertec Industrial [...]

Drinkable water is a scarce natural resource, just like oil and gas are. As the world's population grows, the water supply may become the most precious natural resource. By 2030 over half the world's population could be living in areas where water is running short. This results from a number of factors, including increased demand for meat, dairy products and biofuel.