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One of the largest home solar companies is furthering its presence in the electric vehicle space with new Level 2 home chargers. Could the move help the company get a boost in the clean energy sector? What Happened: Perhaps buried in the news flow of recent quarterly earnings was a release that...

Many countries are looking for the best way to switch to alternative sources of energy to move away from fossil fuels in order to stop or at least slow down the climate change caused by the release of carbon emissions. Solar energy has been around for some time, but in recent years the price of...

Currently, the top three solar manufacturers in the world are all from China. They are namely JinkoSolar Holding Co (NYSE: JKS), JA Solar and Trina Solar Ltd (respectively) determined by market share among panel manufacturing companies. As for the US, the biggest solar installation companies are...

Shares of First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) plummeted more than 17 percent to a new 52-week low of $32.90 on Thursday after the company reported third quarter earnings results. Joseph Osha of JMP Securities maintained a Market Underperform rating on First Solar's stock with an unchanged $32...

Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA)'s CEO Elon Musk pitched to investors early this week the rationale behind the company's proposed acquisition of SolarCity Corp (NASDAQ: SCTY). Investors weren't necessarily won over, as SolarCity's stock lost more than 2 percent on Wednesday, but some sources, such...

Standpoint Research, an investment research firm, first evaluated shares of First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) and Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ) back in December 2014. On September 2, the analysts released a follow-up to their initial report, noting that after reinstating First Solar and...

The solar industry is facing a "challenging" time ahead, according to a team of experts and analysts at Morgan Stanley. In an industry-wide, 91-page report, the team stated that while some solar companies will be able to navigate a difficult regulatory environment, others will be "exposed to...

Investors are scrambling to find out how their individual stocks or portfolio will perform following the Brexit vote. Here's a look at how SolarCity Corp (NASDAQ: SCTY) and other solar-related names should perform, courtesy of analysts at Needham & Co. and Investopedia. Investopedia cited a...

SolarCity Corp (NASDAQ: SCTY) has seen its stock collapse more than 56 percent since the start of 2016 and more than 60 percent over the past year. Despite the ongoing weakness, Jon Windham of Barclays has taken an even more cautious stance towards SolarCity and the entire U.S. residential...

Shares of Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ) surged higher by more than 18 percent Wednesday morning after the company reported its first-quarter results. Canadian Solar said it earned $0.39 per share in the first quarter on revenue of $721 million. Wall Street analysts were expecting the company...

It was a matter of when, not if, Sunedison Inc (NYSE: SUNE) would file for bankruptcy. On Thursday, SunEdison made it official and announced that certain of its domestic and international subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code....

Solar investors are bracing for further industry-wide selloffs following concerning reports that Sunedison Inc (NYSE: SUNE) is the subject of a Securities and Exchange investigation. Shares of SunEdison plunged below the $1 mark as the company is alleged to have overstated how much cash it...