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 [...]

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)…