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July 21, 2026

Solar Industry Update – 2Q26 Preview: We Spent 45 Minutes With Solar’s Most Credible Bull. His Bull Case Sounded Familiar

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Bottom Line This morning we hosted Jigar Shah — former head of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office and founder/former CEO of SunEdison — for roughly 45 minutes on the state of U.S….

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July 21, 2026

GE Vernova (GEV, BUY) – Substation and Beyond – 2Q Preview

By Austin Wang

We expect a quiet quarter to be a modest positive catalyst but underscore that a strong orders beat for GEV’s Electrification will further emphasize further exacerbation of an undersupply of long lead electrical equipment, even…

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July 20, 2026

Tesla (TSLA) – 2Q26 Earnings: Record Deliveries, Rented Margins — Walking the 1Q26-to-2Q26 EPS Bridge; Why We Are 7% Below the Street on EPS and 240bp Below on Gross Margin; Reiterate SELL

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Bottom Line Tesla reports 2Q26 results on Wednesday, July 22, after the close (call: 5:30pm ET). The bulls arrive with a genuinely large number: 480,126 deliveries, +25% yoy and +34% qoq — the best second…

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July 20, 2026

Solar Industry Update – Storage Is Booming; That’s the Problem (are Headwinds Emerging for the Solar Battery Bulls?)

By Gordon L. Johnson II

A European solar market update and a fireside chat with the head of EU sales for Huawei — battery-price deflation is the bull case, the bear case, and the 2Q26 earnings setup. BOTTOM LINE Europe’s…

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July 19, 2026

nVent Electric (NVT, BUY) – Margins headwinds temporary, demand recurring – 2Q Preview

By Austin Wang

NVT reports 2Q26 results on 7/31 before market-open. Expect NVT to join other OEMs integrating recently scaled capacity in reporting softer margins ahead of utilization – but we expect NVT to be unique in reporting…

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July 16, 2026

GLJ US Technology & Market Structure (the A.I. Trade) – “Tokens of Appreciation”, Depreciation of Everything Else

By Gordon L. Johnson II

De-risking the AI trade: the earnings are borrowed, the pricing is collapsing, and the forward curve already knows THE SHORT VERSION We have years learning one lesson over and over: when reported earnings and economic…

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July 15, 2026

GLJ SOLAR PRICING UPDATE – 7/15/2026: Supply-Wafers / Poly Down as PV Supply Chain Prices Accelerate Toward a Bottom

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Polysilicon Futures Spot Contract Price (CNY$35,160/ton = $4.99/kg) – down 0.9% w/w Note: Adjusted for CNY exchange rate and 13% VAT.Source: Guangzhou Futures exchange. Solar Pricing Metrics – 7/15/2026 Note: EnergyTrend discontinued slurry saw price…

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July 15, 2026

ShovelCheck: Kiewit Flags Im-Balance of Plant Issues – Sharp switchgear, transformer undercapacity only worsening

By Austin Wang

We sat down with senior leadership at the leading EPC installer of combined-cycle gas power in North America, Kiewit Energy; to discuss market trends for behind-the-meter power. CCGT undercapacity continues with new build costs coming…

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July 15, 2026

Fluence Energy, Inc. (FLNC) – Two MSAs, Six Sites, Zero Credit; The Market Sold the Silence; We’re Long the Countdown

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Channel check: a 49-minute conversation yesterday with Chris Shelton, Fluence’s Head of Investor Relations. Reiterate BUY; YE2026 PT $26. Bottom Line. FLNC is down 25% in the nine trading sessions since our 7/1/26 initiation at…

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July 14, 2026

Switch On – Hyperscaler Chase Switchgear Undercapacity – Our Checks Lampshade POWL Bookings ahead of Capacity Expansion – Upgrade to BUY, $427PT

By Austin Wang

Channel checks with leading EPCs & OEMs and key customers emphasize switchgear lead-times are continuing to expand even as we believe POWL prepares to announce plans to accelerate a multi-year capacity expansion. The substation –…

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July 14, 2026

Tesla (TSLA) – The “SpaceX Will Buy It” Trade Has a Calendar Problem

By Gordon L. Johnson II

The new reason to own Tesla is that SpaceX buys it — soon. This note is about the word “soon.” Every mechanical step of this deal — the committee, the filing, the vote, Beijing, the…

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July 10, 2026

Global Solar Update + China SNEC Conference Channel Check/Fireside Chat Takeaways: The Music Stopped in May in China… Somebody Tell the Bulls

By Gordon L. Johnson II

China May installs -91% y/y; Prices Below Cash Cost Across the Chain; Reiterate SELL on JinkoSolar (-39.3% YTD), Canadian Solar (-36.9% YTD) & Daqo New Energy (-58.4% YTD) The Bottom Line. There are slowdowns, and…

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July 10, 2026

Sunrun Inc. (RUN) – An Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) Press Release Only an Analyst Could Love

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Sunrun’s AI pilot has no filed economics, no named buyer, and no owner for the GPU decay — but IR is circulating a 1-2 year payback by callback. We value cash flows, not phone calls….

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July 9, 2026

Telsa, Inc. (TSLA) – One Hundred and Two Pieces of Paper, Seventeen Cars: Auditing the “Fledgling” Robotaxi Story

By Gordon L. Johnson II

The Punchline. We like arithmetic. Here is some: Tesla has self-certified 102 vehicles to the Texas DMV as SAE Level 4 self-driving cars, according to robotaxitracker.com. Yet, tracking data (Robotaxi Tracker) shows just 17 of…

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July 8, 2026

US Steel Industry Channel Check — Boots on the Dock: Majestic Steel on 22 Hikes, Two Weeks of Silence, and Whether the Cycle Has Legs

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Q&A with Majestic Steel | Corroborated against SMU, Mysteel & CRU-settled market data The Bottom Line. We went back to the channel. After twenty-two consecutive weekly Nucor HRC price hikes — not a typo (Ex….

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