Alan Bernheimer

Salazar Activates First Solar Power Project on U.S. Land

U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar activated today a 50-megawatt power plant that was developed by First Solar Inc. and is the the first on U.S. public land.

First Solar Reaches Record Low as Analyst Questions Model

First Solar Inc., the world’s largest maker of thin-film solar panels, fell to an all-time low after a Maxim Group LLC analyst said its business model is unsustainable.

First Solar Plans to Reduce Panel Production at German Factory

First Solar Inc., the world’s biggest maker of thin-film solar panels, plans to reduce production at its factory in Germany as declining subsidies reduce European demand.

Buffett’s $2 Billion Solar Bet Receives ‘Attractive’ Power Rates

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., which is buying a $2 billion solar project in California, may have picked the right time to invest in the industry.

First Solar Never So Cheap in Takeover Boon for Energy: Real M&A

For acquirers willing to wager on the future of solar power, First Solar Inc. has gotten $22 billion cheaper.

First Solar, NextEra Power-Purchase Deals to Get CPUC Approval

First Solar Inc. and NextEra Energy Inc. are expected to receive approval to sell solar and wind power from two projects in the western U.S. to California utilities.

India May Join U.S.-China Trade Spat to Prevent Solar ‘Disaster’

India may jump into an escalating U.S.-China trade fight over solar energy as local manufacturers lobby New Delhi for protection against imports from rivals including First Solar Inc. and Suntech Power Holdings Co.

Sempra Buying Suntech Panels for 150-Megawatt Solar Project

Sempra Generation, the project development unit of Sempra Energy , will use solar panels from Suntech Power Holdings Co. for a 150-megawatt plant in Arizona.

Blame-China Imports Chorus Grows as Solyndra Falls

The collapse of Solyndra LLC has renewed demands from U.S. lawmakers and union leaders that the Obama administration pursue unfair-trade complaints against China for out-sized subsidies to its clean-energy companies.

First Solar Signs 20-Year Pact With Edison International for Solar Power

First Solar Inc. , the world’s biggest maker of thin-film photovoltaic panels, said a unit of Edison International intends to buy almost three-quarters of the energy from a planned 340-megawatt solar plant in Nevada.

"This was part of our 2012 guidance to scale back to 80 percent of our global production capacity."

- Alan Bernheimer on Feb 09, 2012

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Merkel-Hollande Meeting Yields Greece Growth Signal

Boehner Demands Spending Cuts for Any Debt Limit Increase

Dow Falls to Four-Month Low as Greece Overshadows Economy

Apple Said to Plan Thinner Mac Laptops With Intel Chips

JPMorgan Said to Consider Clawing Back Bonuses After Loss