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Solarbuzz Reports Record Year For Solar But Over Supply Remains

By Clean Energy Intel on March 19, 2012

Major PV Country Markets (GW) Source: NPD Solarbuzz 2012 Marketbuzz The latest data from Solarbuzz suggests that global PV installations reached a blistering 27.4 GW in 2011 – up 40% from 2010. Previous estimates had put that number closer to a still impressive 26 GW.  However, it appears that second half demand was boosted by an acceleration [...]

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Solar Update: More Downside Risk Before Buying Opportunity Emerges

Solar Update: More Downside Risk Before Buying Opportunity Emerges

By Clean Energy Intel on March 15, 2012

In the past month since we recommended taking profits on our Tier One Chinese Solar trade, the sector has been hit heavily – largely driven by margin erosion and a generally less than encouraging earnings season. The key question from here is whether or not we are once again at prices which offer a buying [...]

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Can Better Place make Electric Vehicles work?

By Clean Energy Intel on February 28, 2012

Clean Energy Intel’s Edie Lush caught up recently in Davos with Better Place Manager Yariv Nornberg.  Catch up with the conversation here: Clean Energy Intel’s Edie Lush speaks with Better Place Policy Manager Yariv Nornberg Better Place is about making Electric Vehicles work. They are building switching stations that allow you to switch your EV [...]

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Germany Solar FIT Cuts Underline Reasons to Stay Uninvested For Now

By Clean Energy Intel on February 23, 2012

The first major piece of news since our recommendation to take profits on solar’s powerful rally this year has turned out to be decisively negative – underlining the fact that investors with anything other than a very long-term buy and hold strategy would do well to stay on the sidelines for now and invest another [...]

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Solar: Taking Some Profits On a Blistering Trade

By Clean Energy Intel on February 10, 2012

  Source: Barchart Yesterday, the solar sector had a blistering day, with the overall Guggenheim Solar ETF (TAN) up 8%. Moreover, our three main stock recommendations, Yingl Green Energy (YGE), Trina Solar (TSL) and Suntech Power (STP) were up +20.4%, +18.6% and +8.6% respectively. As welcome as these moves are, they now raise the always tricky issue concerning where [...]

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Another EV Survey Cites Range Anxiety But Tesla Stock Still Looks Bullish

By Clean Energy Intel on February 3, 2012

ConsumerReport.org helpfully added a few questions on electric vehicle perceptions in their latest 2012 Car Brand Perception Survey. In summary, they found that consumers generally appeared to be concerned about range anxiety and were likely to be overestimating the risks involved with regard to safety. A clear red flag for anyone looking for rapid consumer [...]

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Last week was a very good week for Tesla stock - up 13% on the day on Thursday and ending the week at $32.31, up a solid 8.2% from the previous Friday's close. This was [...]

This year's period of intense over-supply in the solar sector has continued to pressure solar players, leading to a recent batch of announcements of cut-backs and cost reductions. All of this may simply seem to be a continuation of [...]