Alternative Energy - Feeling the Heat

European stocks lower on growth fears
MSN MoneyCentral - Q-Cells, the German solar panel maker, fell 6.4 per cent to 72.60 as Soci t G n rale downgraded the stock to “sell” from “buy” and cut its target price to 66 from 98. Analyst Didier Laurens said the stocks were currently overvalued

Hoku shares up on amended Solarfun pact
MSN MoneyCentral - NEW YORK (AP) - Hoku Scientific Inc. rose Thursday after the fuel cell and solar systems maker reported an additional $1 million prepayment on an amended polysilicon contract. Hoku shares gained 17 cents to $11.27 in afternoon trading. It amended a

NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft to make flyby of Mercury
Xinhua News Agency - These findings could open new theories and answer old questions in the study of the solar system, said NASA scientists. NASA’s MESSENGER is the first mission sent to orbit Mercury, the planet closest to our sun. Before that orbit begins in 2011