Renewable Energy Stocks Sector Close-Up on Solar Stocks, Solar Stocks Gain Friday; Leader Real Goods Solar (NASDAQ: RSOL)

Renewable Energy Stocks Sector Close-Up on Solar Stocks, Solar Stocks Gain Friday; Leader Real Goods Solar (NASDAQ: RSOL)

Chinese Solar Stocks Shine


POINT ROBERTS, WA —June 8, 2009, -- www.RenewableEnergyStocks.com,
a leading investor news and research portal for the renewable energy sector within Investorideas.com, presents a sector close-up on solar stocks trading as of June 5th. One of the notable leaders in the solar stocks group was Real Goods Solar (NASDAQ:RSOL) closed at$ 3.20, up $1.12 (53.85%).

June 5th, Real Goods Solar (NASDAQ:RSOL) announced it has signed a contract to design and install solar electric systems totaling 3.65 megawatts for the Fremont Union High School District in Sunnyvale, Cupertino and west San Jose, California. The new solar systems will be constructed as carports at all five high schools in the District and are expected to save District taxpayers over $12 million in the total cost of electricity over the next 25 years. The five systems will contribute enough electricity to cover about 45% of the power usage of each school. This solar program, exceeding $30 million, is believed to be the largest direct purchase by a secondary school system in North America, financed by a portion of a $198M school bond approved by the District’s voters in June 2008.
Full news: http://www.investorideas.com/News/060509a.asp

Also on Friday Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) announced that its PV modules will be installed in a 13 MW plant in the Czech Republic to be constructed by S.A.G. Solarstrom AG ("S.A.G."), one of the leading manufacturers, independent developers and system integrators in the solar power and solar investment market in Europe.

In other solar stocks news, thin film solar company, XsunX Inc. (OTCBB: XSNX ) CEO Tom Djokovich reported to Money TV from San Francisco discussing the company's current efforts securing additional capital.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/MoneyTV-With-Donald-iw-15447088.html


Solar Stocks Sector Close-Up, Trading June 5, 2009

Akeena Solar Inc. (NASDAQ:AKNS) closed at $1.24, up $ 0.03 (2.48%)
Canadian Solar (NASDAQ: CSIQ) closed at $15.7, up $ 0.05 (0.32%)
China Sunergy (NASDAQ: CSUN ) closed at $4.61, up $0.53 (12.99%)
Evergreen Solar Inc (NASDAQ:ESLR) closed unchanged at $1.90
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) broke the trend and was down $2.15 on the day
JA Solar (Nasdaq: JASO) closed at $5.13, up $ 0.09 (1.79%)
Real Goods Solar (NASDAQ: RSOL) closed at$ 3.20, up $1.12 (53.85%)
RENESOLA LTD (NYSE: SOL) closed at $6.21, up$ 0.82 (15.21%)
SunPower Corporation (NasdaqGS: SPWRA) closed at $6.21, up $ 0.82 (15.21%)
Trina Solar Limited (NYSE: TSL) closed at $27.35, down $ 0.18 (0.65%)
Yingli Green Energy (NYSE: YGE) closed at $14.91, up $ 0.14 (0.95%)
XsunX Inc: (OTCBB: XSNX) had a days range of $0.13 - 0.14

For investors following solar stocks, the RenewableEnergyStocks.com website provides a comprehensive list of photovoltaic and solar stocks to research.
http://www.investorideas.com/Companies/RenewableEnergy/Stock_List.asp


Read solar stocks commentary and the latest column of “Renewable and Solar Energy Perspectives” with J. Peter Lynch at http://www.renewableenergystocks.com/PL/ . Read his newest columns, the Solar Innovations series, looking at private companies in the sector
Featured Showcase Solar Stock:

XsunX Inc. (OTCBB: XSNX)
Based in Aliso Viejo, Calif., XsunX is developing amorphous silicon thin film photovoltaic (TFPV) solar cell manufacturing processes to produce TFPV solar modules. To deliver its products the Company has begun to build a multi- megawatt TFPV solar module production facility in the United States to meet the growing demand for solar cell products used in large scale commercial projects, utility power fields, and other on-grid applications. Employing a phased roll out of production capacity, it plans to grow manufacturing capacities to over 100 megawatts as soon as possible. More info on XsunX, Inc. can be found on our media profile at: http://www.investorideas.com/co/xsnx/default.asp or http://www.xsunx.com/


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