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A sunny outlook for at least one solar energy company

published: 2013-04-01 14:47

While the U.S. stock market is hitting new highs, one sector hasn’t been invited to the party: solar energy companies. To diss stocks in the solar business as dogs would be impolite to canines. Solar has been just about the most ... more

SunEdison ROC celebrates 1GW of solar energy under management

published: 2013-03-29 14:18

SunEdison, a leading worldwide solar energy services provider and a subsidiary of MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (NYSE:WFR), today announced a global milestone in the company's solar operations as it now has more than 1 gigawatt ... more

Toshiba Enters Solar Power Generation Business With 6.5MW Plans

published: 2013-03-29 14:12

Toshiba Corp. (6502), the Japanese maker of flash-memory chips, elevators and nuclear reactors, will enter the solar power generation business through projects with combined capacity of 6.5 megawatts. A 1.5 megawatt plant in Kana... more

Solar 21 buys seventh Italian energy farm for €13m

published: 2013-03-29 14:07

SOLAR 21, a Dublin-based investment firm, has paid €13m to buy its latest Italian solar energy farm. The deal to buy the 3.5MW farm in Lazio, in the west of the country, brings to seven the number of solar projects the Irish comp... more

LDK Solar Closes Sale of 17 Million Shares at Discount

published: 2013-03-29 14:02

LDK Solar Co. (LDK), a Chinese solar manufacturer that’s declined 75 percent in the past year, sold additional shares to Fulai Investments Ltd. for about 30 percent less than it paid a month ago. Fulai bought 12 million shares fo... more

Results 2013: SMA Solar Technology AG Performs Well Despite a Difficult Market Environment

published: 2013-03-28 14:36

Highlights 2012: • 7.2 gigawatts of inverter output sold (2011: 7.6 GW) • Sales at € 1.5 billion, near higher end of management guidance (2011: € 1.7 billion) • Export ratio rose to 56.3% (2011: 53.6%) • Earnings before interest a... more

KSK Energy Ventures and Miasolé Announce Commissioning of 11.6MW Solar Project in Rajasthan,India

published: 2013-03-28 14:34

KSK Energy Ventures, a leading India power development and generation company, and MiaSolé, the leading manufacturer of copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic solar panels and system solutions, announced that... more

Solar 21 to Buy Italian Solar Park for €13m, Bringing Fund Closer to €1bn

published: 2013-03-28 14:33

Solar 21 Renewable Energy Ireland, a Dublin-based renewable energy fund, has just completed a deal to buy a 22-acre 3.5MW solar park in Lazio, Italy, for €13m as it continues to grow its investment fund to reach a value of €1bn. “... more

REC Amends Terms of its Bank Credit Facilities

published: 2013-03-28 14:31

Renewable Energy Corporation(REC) has reached an agreement with its lending banks to amend the terms of its bank credit facility. Effectiveness of the new terms is subject to finalization of the contract documents and customary cl... more

ITS Ramps up Production

published: 2013-03-27 14:55

While numerous companies like Bosch and Siemens are backing out of the solar industry, the competitive environment of Scandinavian-German solar module manufacturer, Innotech Solar (ITS), has improved. The company is increasing its... more

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