Energy crisis heating up solar stocks still in the red

The price of oil remains high, and with it shares of solar energy stocks.

In the nine months since it became apparent that Hurricane Katrina would pummel the Gulf Coast, solar energy stocks have soared on expectations that alternative energy would attract more business.

The problem for investors is determining a value for companies with comparatively small revenues that typically operate in the red. And then there’s the factor of a severe worldwide shortage of poly silicon, the key ingredient in solar panels.

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