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Chinese solar panel makers are shunning their overcrowded home market in favor of lucrative exports, a switch that has helped to arrest a two-year slump in margins and push shares to 12-month peaks.Manufacturers such as JA Solar Holdings Co Ltd and ReneSola Ltd , reliant on low-margin Chinese sales after trade wars with the United States and Europe, are pushing into Japan and emerging economies where solar panel demand is rising."Opportunities in China are less attractive than in many other emerging markets," said Daniel Heck, spokesman for Canadian Solar Inc , an Ontario-based company that has most of its operations in China.China plans to add 10 gigawatts (GW) of installed solar power capacity this year. While this would make it the world's biggest solar market, excess panel manufacturing capacity has led to a sharp decline in prices.Data from business information provider IHS show that Chinese-manufactured modules were selling in the domestic market at 57 cents per watt in April, th...
China's solar companies, already reeling from a collapse in product prices, will face an even tougher road ahead if the European Union follows through with its plan ...
International companies trading in New York closed higher Tuesday, getting a lift from shares of mining firms boosted by data out of China.The Bank of New York index...
Chinese solar panel marker Trina Solar Ltd hopes it can snap out of losses from June, its chairman said on Saturday, as it banks on China's rising demand for green e...
A group of Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd lenders want the Chinese solar panel maker's main unit declared insolvent, a sign Beijing's support for the struggling indus...
Business has been booming for Taiwanese solar companies since they became the middlemen in a trade war between the United States, China and Europe over the multi-bil...
Shares of alternative energy company First Solar Inc. rose 4.6% on Wednesday, topping S&P 500 stocks, on the heels of a ratings upgrade. Analysts at Raymond James li...
International companies trading in New York closed mixed Friday, hurt by lower metals and mining shares after downbeat news from top industrial metal consumer China....
The suddenly hot Market Vectors Solar Energy ETF (NYSE:KWT) will be getting a new index. On or about March 18, KWT will begin tracking the Market Vectors Global Sola...
Shares of the two of 2012's most beleaguered ETFs the Guggenheim Solar ETF (NYSE:TAN) and the Market Vectors Solar Energy ETF (NYSE:KWT) are soaring today after Chin...
The U.S. decision to approve steep duties on Chinese-made solar panels could cost American exporters a growing market, Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming said on ...
The United States gave final approval on Wednesday to duties on billions of dollars of solar-energy products from China for the next five years, protecting U.S. prod...
International companies trading in New York closed lower Wednesday amid worries over the euro-zone crisis's impact on Germany and the new U.S. political landscape.Th...
The European Commission rejected Chinese trade association statements that talks to resolve a dispute over allegations of dumping of solar panels had broken down, wh...
Few U.S. chief executive officers are as hot as Elon Musk these days. Musk is the CEO of not one, but two of the highest flying publicly traded companies in the U.S....
International companies trading in New York closed mostly unchanged Tuesday ahead of testimony from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.The Bank of New York index ...
Shares of major solar companies are soaring into green territory on Tuesday as shipments begin ticking up and the Chinese-based renewable energy producers grow optim...
International companies trading in New York closed higher Monday amid rising solar stocks and positive comments out of Japan about its economy.The Bank of New York i...
The U.S. stock market notched another rally on Tuesday as momentum pushed the major averages to new year-to-date highs. Money flowed out of bonds and into equities a...
International companies trading in New York closed mixed Friday amid positive trade data in Germany and a weakening yen in Japan.The Bank of New York index of ADRs r...
