All Posts Tagged With: "SPWRA"

(DPL) Alternative-Energy Stock Outlook – November 2011 – Industry Outlook

Historically, the growth outlook of alternative energy companies has been inversely related to the prices of petroleum products and directly related to the fortunes of the economy. In the near term, however, the fortunes of the alternative energy players are undergoing a radical...

19Nov2011 | | 0 comments | Continued

(DUK) Duke’s Wind Power Power’s Delaware Municipal Electric Corporation

Duke Energy Renewables, a commercial business unit of Duke Energy Corporation (DUK), will build and operate a new Laurel Hill Windpower Project in Lycoming County, north-central Pennsylvania. Under a 25-year...

15Sep2011 | | 0 comments | Continued

(AEP) Alternative Energy Stock Outlook – July 2011 – Industry Outlook

The growth outlook of alternative energy companies is inversely related to the prices of petroleum products and directly related to the fortunes of the economy.

The recent thaw in oil prices is casting a shadow over this emerging momentum. But even despite the pullback...

27Jul2011 | | 0 comments | Continued

(TOT) TOTAL S.A. Sheds U.K. Downstream Business

Integrated oil and gas company TOTAL S.A. (TOT) decided to sell most of its downstream assets in the United Kingdom to Rontec Investments LLP for £400 million or $647.4 million.

The downstream assets...

22Jun2011 | | 0 comments | Continued

(A) Company News for May 16, 2011 – Corporate Summary

•    Agilent Technologies’ (NYSE:A) Q2 EPS of $0.74, ex-items, topped the Zacks Consensus Estimates of $0.65 per share

•    Nvidia’s (NASDAQ:NVDA)...

16May2011 | | 0 comments | Continued

(ROI) SunPower Gets A Big Boost From Big Oil

by David Fessler, Investment U’s
Monday, May 9, 2011

I haven’t written much about solar recently, and for good reason: There really hasn’t been much to write about. Many U.S. solar panel companies have gone belly-up, like EPV Solar, whose intellectual...

10May2011 | | 0 comments | Continued

(CAG) Company News for May 2, 2011 – Corporate Summary

•    Research firm  Argus downgraded Flextronics International Ltd. (NASDAQ:FLEX) from “buy” to “hold” rating

•    Merck & Co. Inc.’s (NYSE:

2May2011 | | 0 comments | Continued

(SPWRA) SunPower Earns Conditional Loan from U.S. Department of Energy

SunPower Corporation (SPWRA) announced that it received a conditional loan guarantee of $1.187 billion from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for its 250 Megawatt (MW) California Valley Solar Ranch power...

13Apr2011 | | 0 comments | Continued

(FSLR) Alternative Energy Industry Outlook – March 2011 – Industry Outlook

The growth outlook of alternative energy companies is directly related to the fortunes of the economy and inversely to the prices of petroleum products. Trends on both fronts appear be favoring the alternative energy industry at present.

The U.S. economy has shaken...

8Mar2011 | | 0 comments | Continued

(EIA) Alternative Energy Industry Outlook – January 2011 – Industry Outlook

OUTLOOK

Like everyone else, the Alternative Energy industry was hit hard by the Great Recession and essentially remains in recovery mode. And while the economy is in recovery mode, so is our hope for the industry. The growth outlook of alternative energy...

18Jan2011 | | 0 comments | Continued

(NRG) NRG Energy Announces Aquisition of Solar Unit

Energy generation company  NRG Energy Inc. (NRG) announced that its unit NRG Solar has acquired a 290 megawatt (MW) solar project from First Solar Inc. (

20Dec2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

(ESLR) Evergeen Solar Earns Solar Panel Qualification in England

Massachusetts-based Evergreen Solar Inc.’s (ESLR) fortunes look sunnier in England after a panel variant of the company, ES-A series qualified for the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) of the United...

29Nov2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

(JASO) JA Solar Holdings Analyst Upgrades Shares to Outperform

We recently upgraded our recommendation for JA Solar Holdings Company Ltd. (JASO) from Neutral to Outperform.

Leading pure-play solar cell company JA Solar caters to a geographically-diverse pan-continental...

25Oct2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

(FSLR) First Solar Third Quarter 2010 Earnings Preview

First Solar Inc. (FSLR) is slated to release its third quarter 2010 results on Thursday, October 28, 2010. The current Zacks Consensus Estimate for the third quarter is $1.92 per share, representing an annualized...

22Oct2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

(FSLR) First Solar Signs Contract Expansions With Seven Customers

First Solar Inc. (FSLR) has signed contract volume expansion agreements with seven customers leading to a 380 megawatt (MW) increase in its order backlog for 2011 over previously announced volumes. The expanded...

14Oct2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

(SPWRA) SunPower Selected by Several U.S. Government Agencies

SunPower Corporation (SPWRA) was selected by a number of U.S. government agencies to install solar projects. The government agencies include the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Lab...

1Sep2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

(GDP) Alternative Energy Stock Review – August 2010

OUTLOOK

Like everyone else, the Alternative Energy industry was hit hard by the Great Recession and essentially remains in a recovery mode. And while stock prices of alternative energy companies have recovered from their lows, valuations still remain...

26Aug2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

(FSLR) First Solar Acquires NextLight

First Solar Inc. (FSLR) completed the acquisition of solar development firm NextLight Renewable Power LLC, from private equity firm Energy Capital Partners. First Solar acquired NextLight...

13Jul2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

(SPWRA) SunPower Is Selected By Teams Participating In Decathlon Europe

SunPower Corporation (SPWRA) was selected by six of the 17 university teams participating in Solar Decathlon Europe, to be held at Madrid in June 2010. The Solar Decathlon is one of the world’s most...

20Jun2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

(FSLR) First Solar Plans Doubling of German Plant

First Solar Inc. (FSLR) announced its intent to double the capacity of its German manufacturing plant in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany , which will create several hundred new jobs in the process.

First...

13Jun2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

(SPWRA) SunPower Wins Another Contract

SunPower Corporation (SPWRA) won a contract from the San Ramon Valley Unified School District (“SRVUSD”) board of education to install high efficiency solar power systems totaling more than 3 megawatts...

2Jun2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

(GDP) Alternative Energy Stock Review – May 2010 – Industry Outlook

OUTLOOK

The Alternative Energy industry is going through a recovery after emerging from the global recession and the cascading fall in global crude oil prices. Last year, quite a few alternative energy companies were in the trough. And although these...

24May2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

(SPWRA) SunPower’s First Quarter Loss Widens

SunPower Corporation (SPWRA) reported a first-quarter loss per share of 4 cents, a penny more than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a 3-cent loss. However, on a GAAP basis, the company reported a quarterly...

17May2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

(SPWRA) SunPower Corporation Raised $250 Million in Two Offerings

SunPower Corporation (SPWRA) raised $250 million to replenish its liquidity subsequent to its acquisition of European solar power plant developer SunRay Renewable Energy.

SunPower raised the amount...

12Apr2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

(SPWRA) SunPower Expands into Europe and Middle East – Acquires SunRay

SunPower Corporation (SPWRA) is focused on gaining a firmer foothold in the rapidly expanding European and the Middle Eastern solar market. With this intent the company acquired leading European solar power...

29Mar2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

(SPWRA) SunPower Earnings Significantly Beat Consensus

SunPower Corp. (SPWRA) reported fourth-quarter EPS of 47 cents (including 3 cents of accounting investigation expense), better than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 34 cents. However, on a GAAP basis the...

27Mar2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

(SPWRA) SunPower Corporation to Build Solar Project

SunPower Corporation (SPWRA) announced that it will design and construct a 1-megawatt solar power system at the Yolo County Justice Center in Woodland, California.

Yolo County, which will own the...

18Mar2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

(FSLR) First Solar Sells Project to Southern Company

First Solar Inc. (FSLR) has sold a 30 megawatt (AC) photovoltaic solar power project to Southern Company (SO) and Turner Renewable Energy.

The...

16Mar2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

(FSLR) Profit From the “Solar Shift” With These Five Firms

by David Fessler, Energy and Infrastructure Expert
Thursday, January 21, 2010:...

21Jan2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

(SPWRA) SunPower Corporation Surpasses, Trims Outlook

SunPower Corporation (SPWRA) has reported third quarter earnings of 28 cents per share, a penny above the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 27 cents. However, the company trimmed...

26Oct2009 | | 0 comments | Continued