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Keith Johnson, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on May 9, 2011 at 5:30 am PT
A company of U.S. Marines recently conducted a remarkable three-week patrol through southern Afghanistan, replacing hundreds of pounds of spare batteries in their packs with roll-up solar panels the size of placemats to power their battle gear.
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Keith Johnson, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on May 9, 2011 at 5:30 am PT
A company of U.S. Marines recently conducted a remarkable three-week patrol through southern Afghanistan, replacing hundreds of pounds of spare batteries in their packs with roll-up solar panels the size of placemats to power their battle gear.
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Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on September 4, 2009 at 10:04 am PT
Half of the existing solar manufacturers may not survive through the end of next year, according to the market research firm The Information Network, as reported by DigiTimes.
The piece said Information Network chief Robert Castellano believes “massive inventory buildup and huge overcapacity” are having a serious impact on solar panel manufacturers.
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Tiernan Ray, Blogger, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on July 30, 2009 at 3:00 pm PT
Shares of solar panel technology maker First Solar (FSLR) are reversing course this evening, falling to $170 after briefly going as high as $189 following a clean Q2 beat. What’s spooked people are the company’s remarks on a conference call this evening about growing uncertainty in its German market.
John Paczkowski in News on March 24, 2009 at 4:05 pm PT
With its speech synthesizers, brain current-operated controls and solar power source, the device described in Monec Holding’s patent–“electronic device, preferably an electronic book”–would seem to have little in common with Apple’s iPhone. Still, it is a “light-weight” electronic device with a “touch-screen” and “a power source.” And these days, that’s enough file suit over…
John Paczkowski in News on March 24, 2009 at 4:05 pm PT
With its speech synthesizers, brain current-operated controls and solar power source, the device described in Monec Holding’s patent–“electronic device, preferably an electronic book”–would seem to have little in common with Apple’s iPhone. Still, it is a “light-weight” electronic device with a “touch-screen” and “a power source.” And these days, that’s enough file suit over…
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Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on February 17, 2009 at 4:40 pm PT
Gabelli & Co. analyst John Segrich notes that Suntech–which has emerged as the largest Chinese solar module manufacturer–is likely to underperform as the rapid deterioration of pricing and demand in the solar market continues amid the sharp economic downturn.
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Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on February 10, 2009 at 12:40 pm PT
Has solar demand–and the slide in solar shares–finally hit bottom?
The solar analysts at Merrill Lynch think so. In a piece authored by analysts Lu Yeung, Vincent Chow, Matthew Yates and Steve Millunovich, Merrill this morning asserts that “improving second derivative trends” suggest the industry is headed for a cyclical bottom.
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Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on January 12, 2009 at 2:32 pm PT
Cowen analyst Robert Stone this morning cut estimates for the solar sector across the board, asserting that Street estimates for at least the first half of 2009 are too high, and there could be further downside if project credit conditions do not improve. Project financing seems to be the issue rather than the cost of individual panels.
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Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on November 20, 2008 at 5:03 am PT
Suntech shares are trading dramatically lower–and dragging down the rest of the already battered solar sector–on an extremely weak outlook for Q4 results.
For Q3, the company posted revenue of $594.4 million and non-GAAP profits of 36 cents a share. That beat the Street estimate of $571.7 million at the top line, but fell short of Street estimate of 42 cents at the bottom line.
