Too green investors miss some of the best opportunities, claims an article about Desertec solar project published in Seeking Alpha: Desertec Solar Project: Investors Can't Afford to Be Too Green if They Want to Make Money.

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)…

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.

I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don’t have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that. –Thomas Alva Edison During the next decades, most of the traditional energy resources (oil, gas, uranium, coal) will reach the peak of their use. In [...]

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 Ardour Solar Energy Index(SM) (TICKER: SOLRX) will add one new component to the index The addition will be effective 6:00 PM (EDT) Friday, June 19, 2009. No stock will be deleted from the index and consequently the number of index components will change to 31. The change is a result of the quarterly rebalancing [...]

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 [...]