We have tracked the short interest in the following North American Solar companies as of September 13: Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ), First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR), GT Advanced Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: GTAT), SunEdison Inc. (NYSE: SUNE) and SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR).
In the Chinese solar sector we tracked the following short interest changes: JA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd. (NASDAQ: JASO), LDK Solar Co. Inc. (NYSE: LDK), Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NYSE: STP), Trina Solar Ltd. (NYSE: TSL) and Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd. (NYSE: YGE).�For China-based firms, the percentage of shares short is not available because the companies are also listed on other exchanges.
Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ) saw short interest rise by 5.7% to 3.49 million shares, about 5.7% of the company�� total float.
First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) short interest dropped by 3.8% to 10.78 million shares, which represents 15.3% of the company�� float.
GT Advanced Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: GTAT) showed a decrease of 3.9% in short interest to 37.98 million shares, about 31.1% of GT�� float.
Top Energy Companies To Watch In Right Now: Airgas Inc.(ARG)
Airgas, Inc., through its subsidiaries, distributes industrial, medical, and specialty gases, as well as hardgoods in the United States. The company offers various gases, including nitrogen, oxygen, argon, helium, and hydrogen; welding and fuel gases, such as acetylene, propylene, and propane; and carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, ultra high purity grades, special application blends, and process chemicals. Its hardgoods products comprise welding consumables and equipment, safety products, and construction supplies, as well as maintenance, repair, and operating supplies. The company also engages in the rental of gas cylinders, cryogenic liquid containers, bulk storage tanks, tube trailers, and welding and welding related equipment. In addition, the company manufactures and distributes liquid carbon dioxide, dry ice, nitrous oxide, ammonia, refrigerant gases, and atmospheric merchant gases. It serves repair and maintenance, industrial manufacturing, energy and infrastructure co nstruction, medical, petrochemical, food and beverage, retail and wholesale, analytical, utilities, and transportation industries. The company operates an integrated network of approximately 1100 locations, including branches, retail stores, packaged gas fill plants, specialty gas labs, production facilities, and distribution centers. Additionally, it provides retail solutions to retail customers, such as florists, grocers, restaurants and bars, tire and automotive service centers, and others. The company markets its products through multiple sales channels, including branch-based sales representatives, retail stores, strategic customer account programs, telesales, catalogs, e-business, and independent distributors. Airgas, Inc. was founded in 1982 and is based in Radnor, Pennsylvania.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Monica Gerson]
Airgas (NYSE: ARG) is expected to report its Q2 earnings at $1.22 per share on revenue of $1.28 billion.
The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) is estimated to report its Q3 earnings at $1.55 per share on revenue of $21.68 billion.
Top Energy Companies To Watch In Right Now: Apache Corporation(APA)
Apache Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, development, and production of natural gas, crude oil, and natural gas liquids. The company has exploration and production interests in the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf Coast, east Texas, the Permian basin, the Anadarko basin, and the Western Sedimentary basin of Canada; and onshore Egypt, offshore Western Australia, offshore the United Kingdom in the North Sea, and onshore Argentina, as well as on the Chilean side of the island of Tierra del Fuego. Apache Corporation sells its natural gas to local distribution companies, utilities, end-users, integrated oil and gas companies, and marketers; and crude oil to integrated oil companies, marketing and transportation companies, and refiners. As of December 31, 2009, it had total estimated proved reserves of 1,067 million barrels of crude oil, condensate, and natural gas liquids, as well as 7.8 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. The company was founded in 1954 and is based in Houston, Texas.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Paul Ausick]
Independent oil and gas exploration and production company Apache Corp. (NYSE: APA) announced after markets closed on Thursday that it had launched a global strategic partnership with a subsidiary of Chinese oil giant Sinopec in order to ��ursue joint upstream oil and gas projects.��The first deal in this new joint venture will be a payment of $3.1 billion in cash from Sinopec to Apache in exchange for one-third of Apache�� Egyptian oil and gas business.
- [By Robert Rapier]
There are numerous drillers making major investments in the Permian Basin. The list is long, but it includes Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY), Chevron (NYSE: CVX), Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN), Pioneer Natural Resources (NYSE: PXD), Concho Resources (NYSE: CXO), ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) and Apache (NYSE: APA).
- [By Tyler Crowe]
What a Fool believes
The success of the U.S. energy renaissance has been due to a wide array of elements, and some of those elements have also put the U.S. ahead of the rest of the world in terms of shale gas production. This advantage won't hold forever, though, and several companies are looking to get in on the ground floor in some of these newer shale plays. Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE: RDS-A ) plans to spend $1 billion a year to develop shale gas in China as part of a�production�sharing agreement with China National Petroleum, and 6% of Apache's� (NYSE: APA ) total petroleum production comes from shale�deposits�in Argentina.
Best Financial Stocks For 2014: Real Goods Solar Inc.(RSOL)
Real Goods Solar, Inc. operates as a residential and commercial solar energy integrator primarily in California and Colorado. The company provides engineering, procurement, and construction services. It offers various turnkey solar energy services, including design, procurement, permitting, build-out, grid connection, financing referrals, and warranty and customer satisfaction services. The company installs residential and small commercial systems that range between 3 kilowatts and 1 megawatt output. It also engages in the retail sale of renewable energy products. The company was founded in 1978 and is based in Louisville, Colorado.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Bryan Murphy]
My enthusiasm regarding Real Goods Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:RSOL) and Westinghouse Solar Inc. (OTCMKTS:WEST) hasn't exactly been a veiled secret. Though I've favored one over the other at various times since the entire solar panel industry went back into high gear in the middle of the second quarter, I've been a fan of both RSOL as well as WEST for a while. The trick has been finding the right entry spot for both of these volatile stocks.
- [By Bryan Murphy]
There's no denying that LDK Solar Co., Ltd (NYSE:LDK) has been a notable laggard this year compared to performances from First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) and Real Goods Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:RSOL). RSOL is up nearly 180% year-to-date, with a decent chunk of that gain unfurling in just the last couple of months. FSLR is up 25% for the year so far, though that more modest gain would have been much bigger had it not been for February's 24% plunge. Meanwhile, LDK shares are down 22% year-to-date, and have barely even blipped despite the fact that solar energy has become all the rage again in recent months.
- [By Bryan Murphy]
Last Thursday when I suggested American Community (OTCMKTS:ACYD) was a stock that should be shed immediately, and replaced with a position in Real Goods Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:RSOL), I didn't win a lot of friends. After all, ACYD was the market's newest darling, in the middle of a red-hot runup, while RSOL was "just another solar name" that happened to be lucky enough to stumble its way above a key support line. Well, I hate to be the one to day I told you so, but, I told you so. American Community shares are down 35% since then, while Real Goods Solar shares are up 36% in the meantime. Both stocks seem pretty well entrenched in their current trends too.
- [By Bryan Murphy]
If you were lucky enough to be in an American Community (OTCMKTS:ACYD) position anytime before October 8th, then congratulations - you're up big. Now get out. Instead, use freed-up that capital to take on a position in Real Goods Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:RSOL), which looks like it's at the beginning of a good-sized rally.
Top Energy Companies To Watch In Right Now: S&P 500/Barra Value(SU)
Suncor Energy Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated energy company. The company involves in the development of petroleum resource basins in Canada's Athabasca oil sands; acquisition, exploration, development, production, and marketing of crude oil and natural gas in Canada and internationally; transportation and refining of crude oil; and marketing of petroleum and petrochemical products primarily in Canada. Its Oil Sands segment produces bitumen recovered from oil sands through mining and in-situ technology, and upgrades it into refinery feedstock, diesel fuel, and by-products. This segment?s products include gasoline and distillates. The company?s Natural Gas segment acquires, explores, develops, and produces natural gas, natural gas liquids, oil, and by-products from reserves located primarily in western Canada, the Northwest Territories, Alaska, and the Arctic Islands. Its International and Offshore segment engages in the exploration and pro duction of oil and gas in offshore Newfoundland and Labrador, in the North Sea, and in Libya and Syria. The company?s Refining and Marketing segment refines crude oil at Suncor's refineries in Edmonton, Alberta; Montreal, Quebec; and Sarnia, Ontario in Canada, as well as in Commerce City, Colorado into a range of petroleum and petrochemical products for sale to retail, commercial, and industrial customers. It also transports crude oil through pipelines in eastern and western Canada, as well as through wholly-owned pipelines in Wyoming and Colorado; and produces specialty lubricants and waxes. In addition, this segment operates retail sites in Canada under the Petro-Canada brand; and in Colorado under Phillips 66 and Shell brands. Suncor Energy Inc. also engages in third-party energy trading activities. The company was formerly known as Suncor Inc. and changed its name to Suncor Energy Inc. in April 1997. Suncor Energy Inc. was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Calgary , Canada.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Arjun Sreekumar]
Total will sell its 49% stake in Voyageur to its joint venture partner, Suncor Energy (NYSE: SU ) , one of the biggest players in Alberta's oil sands, for $500 million. The company defended the move by saying that the project was "no longer justified from a strategic and economic" standpoint. By scrapping Voyageur, Total will save roughly $5 billion over the next five years.
- [By Namitha Jagadeesh]
Schneider (SU) fell 3.2 percent to 60.46 euros, contributing the second-most to the Stoxx 600�� retreat. Exane BNP Paribas SA cut the world�� biggest maker of low- and medium- voltage power gear to neutral, the equivalent of hold, from outperform.
Top Energy Companies To Watch In Right Now: Sunvalley Solar Inc (SSOL)
Sunvalley Solar, Inc., incorporated on August 16, 2007, is a solar power technology and system integration company. The Company is focused on developing its technology to install residential, commercial and governmental solar power systems. The Company offers turnkey solar system solutions for owners, builders and architecture firms, which includes designing, building, operating, monitoring and maintaining solar power systems. The Company's customers range from small private residences to commercial solar power users. The Company holds a C-46 Solar License from CBCL (California Board of Contractor License). Commercial solar power systems, which the Company has designed and installed includes office buildings, manufacturing facilities and warehouses. The Company is working to develop as an end-to-end solar energy solution provider by providing system solution, post-sale service, customer technical support, solar system design and field installation. The Company's business plans are focused in four specific areas: solar systems design and installation, solar technology research and development, solar equipment manufacturing and distribution, and distributed power plant projects.
Solar Systems Design and Installation
The Company's solar systems design and installation business includes designing solar systems for commercial, residential, governmental and non-profit customers; installing solar power systems and related constructional systems for solar power end users; providing technical support and service to solar power end users; providing system performance monitoring services to solar power end users, and providing government permit/incentives application services to solar power end users. The Company's installation business focuses on the installation of commercial and governmental solar power systems, as well as residential solar power systems.
Solar Technology Research and Development
The Company is developing a metallic sub-wavelength design t! o realize the combination of the electrodes as surface plasmon polariton (SPP) generators. The Company's technology uses SPP assisted solar technologies to enhance electricity production due to surface resonant excitation or SPR. The Company's patent-pending technology is able to increase the efficiency of thin-film-based solar cells to over 10%. The Company's research and development (R&D) topics include developing new coating technology; develop solar PV application technology, and commercializing the Company's advanced solar technology.
Solar Equipment Manufacturing and Distribution
The Company has signed distribution agreements with three solar panel producers in the world and one solar inverter suppliers. The Company's partnerships with these manufacturers in the solar power industry have allowed the Company to broaden the Company's customer base and to provide its customers with more cost competitive and complete solar system solutions with multiple selective options on PV panels and inverters.
Distributed Power Plant Projects
The Company is in the development stage for a range of business based on the installation of distributed solar power plants. The Company's plan is to use free roofs on private commercial buildings or private lands. The Company plans to build the power plants on private property. The Company would also use utility company billing systems to manage the system. The Company is negotiating with agricultural farmers who are its existing customers in the Palm Desert, California area to use their private lands to build its power plants. The Company is also in discussions with local utility companies about the possibility of selling excess solar power to be generated by the plants back to the utilities.
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