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)…

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 [...]

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: [...]