International Business News - Hoku http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif A subsidiary of Hoku Scientific Inc. said Monday it agreed to buy electricity from Idaho Power Co. to support a facility which produces polysilicon for the solar market. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080922/hoku-signs-power-pact-for-idaho-polysilicon-plant.htm Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:27:53 EDT Hoku Scientific Inc. said late Thursday one of its units has signed a 10-year contract worth up to $455 million to supply polysilicon to a Chinese company. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080905/hoku-unit-inks-supply-deal-with-chinese-company.htm Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:16:18 EDT Hoku Scientific Inc. said late Thursday one of its subsidiaries has terminated a supply contract with two of its customers after signing purchase commitments with three other companies. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080905/hoku-unit-terminates-supply-contracts.htm Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:16:07 EDT Shares of several solar power companies mostly rose with the broader market Thursday as a Cowen & Co. analyst set an "Outperform" rating for some companies in the sector and said worries about declining module average selling prices have been overstated. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080828/sector-wrap-analyst-upbeat-on-solar-companies.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:13:38 EDT Hoku Materials Inc., a subsidiary of Hoku Scientific Inc., said Wednesday that it has secured a 10-year, $298 million contract to sell solar-grade polysilicon to Jiangxi Kinko Energy Company Ltd. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080730/hoku-materials-gets10-year-polysilicon-contract.htm Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:02:56 EDT Shares of Hoku Scientific Inc. hit a one-year low Tuesday after an analyst downgraded the stock because of the "uncertain" effect of financing for a polysilicon plant. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080624/shares-of-hoku-scientific-fall-on-downgrade.htm Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:29:00 EDT Hoku Materials Inc., a subsidiary of Hoku Scientific Inc., said Friday it has signed a deal with Great Western Malting Co. to provide heated waste water from its planned polysilicon manufacturing plant for use in malt production. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080620/hoku-materials-great-western-in-waste-water-deal.htm Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:25:17 EDT Hoku Scientific Inc. said Friday it has launched an equity distribution program with UBS Securities LLC by which the solar energy company could sell shares worth up to $54 million. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080613/hoku-in-deal-to-offer-stock-worth-up-to-54m.htm Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:44:52 EDT A unit of Hoku Scientific Inc. said Monday it will sell electricity generated by a soon-to-be-built solar power system to a Hawaiian ocean cargo company. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080609/hoku-solar-to-sell-electricity-to-young-brothers.htm Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:13:49 EDT Solar stocks fell Wednesday as analysts said solar cell makers with heavy exposure to silicon prices or the Spanish market could be at risk. Calyon Securities analyst George Kotzias said in a client note that so-called thin-film technology stands to gain on silicon--long the key ingredient in solar cells--because thin-film technology is less expensive than silicon. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080604/sector-snap-solar-companies-fall.htm Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:40:07 EDT Shares of solar power companies rose Friday after German lawmakers reached a tentative agreement on a milder reduction in state subsidies than some investors had feared. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080530/sector-snap-solar-cos-up-on-german-tariff-cut.htm Fri, 30 May 2008 12:14:12 EDT The possibility that Germany may accelerate its reduction in aid to solar power companies sent some of their shares lower Wednesday. The nation's so-called feed-in tariff obliges utilities to purchase electricity from solar sources at fixed, above-market rates for 20 years. Each year that the law--which has made Germany a world leader in development of solar power--is in effect, the size of the tariff declines. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080528/sector-snap-germany-may-cut-aid-to-solar-sector.htm Wed, 28 May 2008 13:57:18 EDT Shares of General Electric Co. rose in premarket trading Friday after the company confirmed it plans to sell or spin-off its century-old appliance business. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/premarket-movers-ge-rises-dynavax-falls.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 09:17:38 EDT Solar products maker Hoku Scientific Inc. on Tuesday forecast revenue for its fiscal 2009 first quarter, which ends in June, of $2.2 million to $2.7 million, more than double last year's revenue of $1.1 million. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080513/hoku-scientific-forecasts-fiscal-1q-annual-sales.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 11:55:35 EDT Shares of solar products makers rose Tuesday on improving prospects for a continuation of an investment tax credit that has encouraged investment in the industry. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080513/solar-products-makers-rise-on-tax-credit-optimism.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 11:00:33 EDT Hoku Materials Inc., a subsidiary of Hoku Scientific Inc., said Tuesday it extended the term of its polysilicon supply contract with China-based Solarfun Power Hong Kong Ltd. to 10 years. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080513/hoku-scientific-extends-term-of-supply-contract.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 07:19:21 EDT Solar energy stocks jumped Friday as analysts said one of the sector's leaders is well positioned for revenue and earnings growth. PacificCrest analyst Mark Bachman, in a client note about SunPower... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080418/sector-snap-solar-energy-stocks-rise-on-leaders-prospects.htm Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:18:03 EDT Hoku Materials, Inc., a subsidiary of Hoku Scientific Inc., on Wednesday said it amended contracts with Stone & Webster Inc. and JH Kelly LLC, to boost the scope of work under each related to the con... http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/105863-beijing-olympics-gymnastics-men.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080409/hoku-amends-construction-contracts.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080409/hoku-amends-construction-contracts.htm Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:54:50 EDT The chief technology officer of solar-power product maker Hoku Scientific Inc. sold 25,000 shares of common stock under a prearranged trading plan, according to Securities and Exchange Commission fil... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080407/hoku-scientific-officer-sells-shares.htm Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:19:11 EDT Solar-power stocks opened higher on Monday, as several reports of potential corporate deals and investments led to general market optimism. A report in The Wall Street Journal said Washington Mutual... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080407/opening-glance-solar-stocks-open-higher.htm Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:56:58 EDT