Solar

Do solar stocks have a bright future?

by Henry Becker 12.08.2009
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Beaten down with the fall in oil prices, solar power has experienced fits and starts since bottoming out with the stock market. Now consider that oil prices are rising and and the cost of solar technology is dropping. According to o a recent report from Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, the average U.S. installed costs of [...]

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What is pushing solar ETFs up?

by Henry Becker 06.19.2009
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Rising energy prices of course. When oil was cheap (not but a few months ago) investing in solar went out the window. Now, as we are above $70 per barrel on oil and trending higher solar becomes a play on rising energy prices. The Claymore/Mac Global Solar Energy ETF (ticker TAN) is up over 90% [...]

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