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3 Solar Stocks Get Day In Sun: Upgrades, Price Hikes

SunPower (SPWR), Trina Solar and JA Solar Holdings all got upgrades and price target hikes Friday from investment bank RBC Capital Markets, based on factors ranging from easing capacity constraints to diversification and expansion efforts. RBC analyst Mahesh Sanganeria, in research reports Friday, upgraded SunPower, JA Solar Holdings (JASO) and Trina Solar (TSL) to outperform. He raised the price target on both JA Solar and Trina Solar to 13 from

Solar Storage Ventures Usher In Smart Homes Future

A pilot project is helping SolarCity soar into the nascent but accelerating solar-storage market, but the solar installer is far from alone in turning up the heat on storage: SunPower (SPWR) expects three recent acquisitions to position it as a top provider of “smart-energy homes.” General Electric (GE) is working on a microgrid demonstration combining solar generation, wind and natural gas with sodium-nickel-chloride battery storage and

Solar Developers Push To Finish Plants

On a sun-baked, remote stretch of desert 40 miles south of glitzy Las Vegas, construction crews are building one of five solar power plants that First Solar has slated for Southern Nevada. When completed in early 2016, NextEra Energy Resources (NEE) will own and operate the 250-megawatt (MW) plant, which can generate electricity for 80,000 homes. Near Santa Nella, Calif., on agricultural land in the center of the state, SunPower (SPWR) is