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My home state of California has been in the solar industry's spotlight in recent years. Our Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, adopted a well-publicized plan to embrace renewable energy in the sunshine state. Based on this plan the State's 20% electricity has to come from renewable sources by 2013.

So far Cali gets 11.8% of its electricity from renewable resource according to the state energy department. So we still have to build additional 8% based on either solar or wind. So far solar seems to be the best approach because of the abundance of sunlight. The PG&E (PCG) deal with SunPower (SPWR

Solarfun power (SOLF) has been beating Street consensus estimates for three continous quarters now, and this time is no exception. Based on the events and news releases of the last few months, this company likely easily beats the Street by huge margin, and continues to see its stock price soar higher.

There are a few things investors need to pay attention to. Tuesday Morgan Stanley (MS) took an offer from solarfun in the form of an at-the-market equity offering. Investors welcomed this event with a stock price 7% move up Wednesday. Keep in mind, back in June 2008, Morgan Stanley bought 8M s

Many things happening now are boosting the outlook for solar stocks in the energy industry. High oil pricing due to strong demand worldwide also places solar as the front-runner among renewable energies. US presidential candidates Barack Obama and John Mccain's strongly support solar and wind energy, making this sector very attractive for investment no matter who wins. There are two companies in this sector investors should expect strong earnings from for this quarter: First Solar (FSLR) and Solarfun Power Holdings (SOLF). 

First Solar is the leader in this sector. The company reported 1st q

In the solar sector, good names are everywhere simply because the whole sector is booming. But which one is better for investment? The answer, in my opinion, is Solarfun Power Holding (SOLF).

Solarfun Power Holding has revenue of $497M/year, with a quarterly revenue growth of 528% (the highest in solar sector); more importantly, revenue per share [RPS] is at a high of $10.34 and FPE is only 1.69, yet company market capital is merely $710M (source: Yahoo Finance and Capital IQ). If you look at Evergreen Solar (ESLR), revenue is $78.8M/year, while quarterly revenue growth is 62%. RPS is only $

In this post we will take a look at the future capital needs and funding requirements of four Chinese polysilicon-based PV Manufacturers.

Briefly, our conclusion, based on current low cash levels, high outstanding short-term debt as a percentage of total capital, and future capital needs, in the form of outstanding purchase obligations listed in recent 20-F filings, is that nearly all of the companies mentioned here will have a significant weakening of balance sheets in the near term, as short-term debt levels soar to support growing operating cash losses and purchase obligations. The prosp

Solarfun Power Holdings (SOLF) is set to report earnings prior to the market open on Wednesday, May 21st. <!----> Solarfun is a leading global manufacturer of solar technology.

SOLF is expected to earn .15 cents per share for its 1st quarter of 2008. The most recent solar stock results lead us to believe Solarfun should announce earnings and revenues that will beat investors’ and analysts’ expectations.

Virtually all of the solar companies which have reported recently have reported better than expected earnings. <!---->Canadian Solar (CSIQ) trounced their earnings estimates. CSIQ is in a virtually identical segment of the business to Solarfun (SOLF). According to theStreet.com analyses on TD Ameritrade, SOLF has slightly better margins than CSIQ. This would lead one to believe that SOLF is likely to have much better than expected earnings this quarter. With the price of the stock currently sitting on (or near) the trigger point for most short sale buy backs, a move up with earnings might w