International Business News - Solar 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 U.S.-based solar panel maker First Solar Inc said on Thursday that it will supply 27 megawatts of solar panels for utility projects in the United States to a unit of juwi Holding AG. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090917/first-solar-sets-27-mw-order-juwi.htm Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:43:12 EDT Solar power makers will get a boost in California, already their largest U.S. market, as it sharpens its focus on small-scale projects as part of efforts to get a third of its power from renewable energy. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/220652-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090917/california-moving-boost-small-solar-projects.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090917/california-moving-boost-small-solar-projects.htm Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:07:09 EDT Tucson Electric Power, a unit of UniSource Energy Corp, agreed to buy power from two solar energy systems to be built in Arizona that would generate enough electricity for more than 6,000 homes, the company said in a release late Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090917/tucson-electric-buy-solar-power-arizona.htm Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:59:56 EDT A solar-powered house built by a group of Texas students offers a blueprint for recession-hit U.S. families to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions and their electricity bills without busting their budget. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090916/cheap-solar-texan-house-aims-low-win-contest.htm Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:54:32 EDT Residential and small commercial solar energy integrator Real Goods Solar said its Chief Executive Tom McCalmont would step down. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090912/real-goods-solar-ceo-step-down.htm Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:17:23 EDT Google Inc is disappointed with the lack of breakthrough investment ideas in the green technology sector but the company is working to develop its own new mirror technology that could reduce the cost of building solar thermal plants by a quarter or more. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/220058-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090909/reuters-summit-google-plans-mirror-cheaper-solar-power.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090909/reuters-summit-google-plans-mirror-cheaper-solar-power.htm Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:15:16 EDT Global demand for solar power has improved substantially in the last month, led by top solar market Germany, Suntech Power Holding Co Ltd Chief Strategy Officer Steven Chan said on Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/219968-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090908/suntech-says-solar-demand-has-turned.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090908/suntech-says-solar-demand-has-turned.htm Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:28:09 EDT China's export-dependent solar panel makers are seeing a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel after a difficult year fighting a global credit squeeze and a spate of project delays, a senior industry executive said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/219900-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090908/solar-credit-crunch-ease-next-trina.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090908/solar-credit-crunch-ease-next-trina.htm Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:41:23 EDT California solar company Solyndra Inc said on Friday that it started construction on its second solar panel manufacturing plant, putting into action the first loan guarantee awarded under a long-delayed U.S. program for advanced clean energy. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090904/solyndra-starts-2nd-solar-panel-plant-construction.htm Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:24:54 EDT German solar firms Conergy and Solarworld have voiced strong concern about the pricing practices of Chinese panel makers -- who undercut their German peers' products by around 20 percent. Chinese modules sell in Europe at about 1.70 euros per watt, according to a UBS report. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/219771-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090904/not-so-sunny-trade-war-looms-solar-space.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090904/not-so-sunny-trade-war-looms-solar-space.htm Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:57:42 EDT The outlook for oil seems to be brightening amid scant new reserve discoveries and declining reserves at the world's large oil fields. "We believe we're in a fundamentally positive market for oil in the 21st century," says Art Smith, president of Triple Double Advisors, who anticipates oil moving back into the three-digit price range within three to five years. In this exclusive inte... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090716/art-smith-believes-in-the-long-term-bull-case-for-oil.htm Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:15:01 EDT The Energy Report caught up with newsletter writer and analyst Lawrence Roulston, who recently launched the GreenTech Opportunities newsletter. In this exclusive interview, Roulston gives us his thoughts on developments that are happening in the alternative energy field, and ideas for profiting in a changing world. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090702/lawrence-roulston-challenges-and-enormous-opportunities-in-alternative-energy.htm Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:23:58 EDT Last week, The Energy Report brought you Casey Research Investment Analyst Marin Katusa's outlook for uranium and nuclear energy. In today's edition, Casey Research colleague Dr. Marc Bustin joins Marin to talk about major forces driving prospects for other segments within the energy sector - solar, hydro and geothermal, as well as coal, oil and natural gas. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090611/casey-colleagues-katusa-amp-bustin-alternative-energy-bull-market-coming.htm Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:14:29 EDT As 321gold.com founder Bob Moriarty sees it, those "black swans" darkening the horizon these days serve as harbingers of escalating chaos in financial markets. As he tells The Gold Report in this exclusive interview, this particular breed isn't exactly unpredictable, but could be especially dangerous. What's an investor to do? Bob urges an ultra-conservative approach, and advises inv... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090522/bob-moriarty-where-to-find-cover-when-black-swans-swarm.htm Fri, 22 May 2009 16:47:20 EDT As 321gold.com founder Bob Moriarty sees it, those "black swans" darkening the horizon these days serve as harbingers of escalating chaos in financial markets. As he tells The Gold Report in this exclusive interview, this particular breed isn't exactly unpredictable, but could be especially dangerous. What's an investor to do? Bob urges an ultra-conservative approach, and advises inv... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090522/bob-moriarty-where-to-find-cover-when-black-swans-swarm.htm Fri, 22 May 2009 16:47:19 EDT The "Sell in May" situation could arrive right on time this year, according to Roger Wiegand of Trader Tracks, who anticipates that all the economic machinations of the last year could create not only inflation, but potentially hyperinflation. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Roger suggests some alternate market plays for the lean summer months and explains why he believes the... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090521/roger-wiegand-look-for-major-selling-event-in-the-fall-and-oil-to-rise.htm Thu, 21 May 2009 16:51:36 EDT Byron King, Editor of Agora Financial's newsletter Energy & Scarcity, addresses issues of "chronic underinvestment in productive assets" in this exclusive interview with The Energy Report. How will more than six billion people manage on a planet with dwindling resources? Byron also offers insight into alternative energy sources. They aren't everything that some people think, but they... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090514/byron-king-investment-earthquake-in-the-energy-sector-ahead.htm Thu, 14 May 2009 15:54:24 EDT As Stansberry & Associates Investment Research founder Porter Stansberry sees it, cap-and-trade legislation is sure to drive up the price of coal. Coal-bed methane wells are producing so much natural gas that the economic incentive of shutoffs to sustain prices has vanished. The upshot, he tells The Energy Report, is continued weakening in natural gas prices and thus continued strengthening for co... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090507/porter-stansberry-sea-change-ins-natural-gas-industry.htm Thu, 07 May 2009 16:05:57 EDT Who doesn't want the opportunity to make 300%, 400% - even 500% - on stocks? "As an investor right now," says Matt Badiali, editor of the S&A Oil Report, "I think this is the best time you could possibly be buying your oil stocks." In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Matt reviews the last two decades of this highly cyclical commodity, explaining how you can capita... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090423/matt-badiali-time-to-buy-oil-service-companies.htm Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:21:09 EDT With the U.S. stimulus package in place and the politically contentious cap-and-trade program looming, one sector is poised to benefit from both measures. Calling it the "Rodney Dangerfield" of renewable energies, Greg Reid, director of Clean Technology at Wellington West Capital Markets, says geothermal doesn't get a lot of respect right now—but that's about to change. In this... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090416/greg-reid-geothermal-the-quot-sleeping-giant-quot.htm Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:37:01 EDT