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Solar Shorts Keep On Rising Even As Oil Surprises

"Number of shares short" has no value for comparisons. How about showing short shares as a percentage of the float? And include STP, please!

Thanks!

Contradictions in the Solar Market

Mr. Castellano,

Look at the end uses of amorphous silicon thin film technology. It's building-integrated. Over half of the cost of PV power generation is in installation. Building-integrated PV replaces an existing (roof installation) cost with a slightly higher one, rather than a large incremental cost to install PV panels above an existing roof.

Your numbers may be accurate but you're not applying them correctly; ie. you're comparing apples to applesauce ;-).

Suntech, SunPower, MEMC and First Solar: Four Solar Stocks Worth Investigating

By the way, a correction: NACEL's trading symbol is NCEN .

Suntech, SunPower, MEMC and First Solar: Four Solar Stocks Worth Investigating

Solar wind, thanks for the heads-up about NECN.

Himanshu, regarding other American wind pure plays, there is a near-pure play: CPTC, which owns DeWind turbine, now a CPTC subsidiary. CPTC also produces high-performance power transmission lines.

US Energy Bill: Solar Stocks Will Feel All the Heat

Buffettz has the only statement on this page (the author's article included) that has a solid basis in fact. Because of the on-again off-again history of the U.S.'s pathetic subsidies for oil alternatives, no one has invested serious money based on them for decades. The two main U.S. solars, SPWR and FSLR, have not relied significantly on anything provided by the U.S. government. (California, yes, a bit - but no one is talking about CA cutting back). The other important solar - STP - also does not rely on the U.S. market.

Short away, if you want: it will be fun watching you try to cover as the U.S. economy goes into recession, and the only U.S. companies continuing to grow are those - like FSLR and SPWR - that are in a growing sector and selling primarily overseas.