2012

October 15, 2012

Indian Wind Energy Developer Mytrah clocks an impressive 30% Margin – Plans to Double Capacity

The Indian Wind Energy Industry is seeing rapid change with the rise of a number of independent power producers (IPPs) focused on Wind Power Development. These […]
October 14, 2012

Suntech can’t stop the Bleeding as top managers exit despite restructuring and UBS

The travails of China’s top solar panel manufacturer do not seem to stop with its credibility being hit by a new problem each day. Suntech has […]
October 13, 2012

12 Must Read Solar Stories – What we Found Interesting!

1) Solar Inverter Prices falling by 5% each quarter ,50% demand to be driven by Asia 2) Aesthetics of Large Solar Farms causes issues in US […]
October 12, 2012

US Today! Top US Stories – What we found Interesting Today

Economics/Geopolitics China reacts meekly to US Solar Panel Anti Dumping Duties Defense Secretary warns of massive cyberattack,calls for Congress to pass stalled bill Jobless Claims fall […]
October 12, 2012

Who Lost and Who Won on Revised US duties on China made Solar Cells – Also Read responses by Trina, Suntech and Yingli

Revised US Duties The US Government has got a complicated way of imposing duties on imported products considered to be receiving unfair subsidies and/or being dumped […]
October 12, 2012

Indian Stock Market Casino on Steroids

The Indian Stock Market saw a Fat Finger trade which caused a massive 15% flash crash in India’s bench market stock index Nifty for a few […]
October 12, 2012

Read how Stock Markets, Copper, Cotton, Solar, Steel, Fired Western Miners all are pointing to an Ominous Chinese Hard Landing

China China has been hurting tremendously from a global slowdown with its powerful export industries choking under the weak demand. While we had predicted that China […]
October 11, 2012

Solar Grade Polysilicon game over as Era of super High Solar Raw Material Prices fade away

Polysilicon Polysilicon Companies have seen an amazing amount of profits in the period between 2008-2011 end as prices of polysilicon shot up to $400/kg which resulted […]
October 11, 2012

Sharp to Bail out of Solar as it gets Bailed out by Japanese Banks

Greenworldinestor has been pointing out the rapidly deteriorating competitive position of Sharp in the solar panel market for the last couple of years. We have even […]
October 11, 2012

Solar Energy Bubble in Japan as Gamblers and Goldman Sachs set up Huge PV Power Plants

We have been predicting a massive solar energy boom in Japan due to the generous solar feed in tariffs set by the Japanese Government in the […]
October 10, 2012

800,000 Australian Solar Households pose Survival questions for Australian Electricity Utilities

Solar Power vs. Electricity in Australia Australia has one of the highest penetration of residential solar systems in the world, thanks to generous subsides given by […]
October 10, 2012

Indian State plans to Double Pumped Hydro Storage Capacity to 2000 MW

While Energy Storage using Lithium Batteries and other innovative concepts like Flywheels frequently make news, the largest sources of Energy Storage like Lead Acid batteries and […]
October 10, 2012

7 Must Read Solar Stories – What we Found Interesting!

This post will try to cover all the hustle and bustle in the Global Solar Industry: 1) $50 monthly charge for solar home owners in Louisiana […]
October 9, 2012

How USA’s First Solar hit the Jackpot in India through a Loophole in Solar Subsidy Policy

US based thin film solar panel manufacturer First Solar has captured the lead marketshare in India’s solar panel market. This is quite surprising since First Solar’s […]
October 9, 2012

Three Successful Off-Grid Solar Models in India, helping the bottom of Pyramid – Selco, AuroRE, Gadhia Solar

Replicable Off-Grid Solar Business Models With increasing climate concerns across the globe, it becomes increasingly important to increase our thrust on other cleaner sources of energy. […]
October 9, 2012

Why Suzlon Revival looks impossible as it lurches from one Crisis to another

Suzlon which is India’s biggest wind company and one of the biggest turbine suppliers in the world has never recovered from the 2008 crisis. The company […]
October 8, 2012

Solar Power Charging Stations and Electric Cars – A Complete Green Transport Solution

Electric and Hybrid Cars though claimed to be a green alternative to our normal gasoline powered cars are not truly green. The reason is that the […]
October 8, 2012

Narendra Modi’s success in Solar Energy being copied by Staunch Rivals

Gujarat – The Green City of Narendra Modi The true test of success of a strategy is when your rivals start copying it. Using this benchmark […]
October 8, 2012

Solar City Corp. (SCTY) – Buy or Sell Deep Dive Analysis and Review of IPO

Solar Stocks have performed terribly in the past couple of years and have been a very painful experience for long term solar investors. The bad performance […]
October 7, 2012

The GWI Weekly Newsletter – Did You Miss Anything?

All posts published on GWI for the Week Ending 7th October, 2012: Ten Must Read Solar Stories – What we Found Interesting The Solar Industry has […]
October 7, 2012

Canadian Solar Panel Review – Type, Efficiency and Cost

Updated on 21/06/2016 Canadian Solar Canadian Solar Inc. is a top Global Module Supplier. Canadian Solar is a vertically integrated company, providing ingots, wafers, solar cells, […]
October 6, 2012

Jinko Solar Panel Review of Sale Price

Jinko Solar Updated on: 13/10/2014 Jinko Solar works on a vertically integrated model, producing crystalline ingots, wafers, cells, and crystalline PV panels. The company is one […]
October 5, 2012

Georgia Utility forced to add Solar Power due to New Ambitious Competitor and Falling Costs

The US state of Georgia is seeing an interesting battle between the dominant utility and a new upstart Georgia Solar Utilities Inc that is proposing to […]
October 5, 2012

Despite Electricity Reforms, India’s Power Industry search for Elusive Coal continues

Indian Government unleashed a number of half baked reforms which were pending for a long time but that has not helped the industry all that much. […]
October 5, 2012

After Solar City, Indian Government plans 56 Smart Cities in India

Indian Smart Cities The Indian Government is not short of ideas though execution on most of the infrastructure projects is quite pathetic. With most infrastructure companies […]
October 4, 2012

All Nuclear Power Plants in Europe are Unsafe – $32 billion required for Safety

Nuclear Power which supplies more than 15% of the world’s electricity is doing a serious examination of its benefits compared to the massive risks. Nuclear Advantages […]
October 4, 2012

Indian Tata Group’s large 60 MW Waste to Energy Plant in UK gets Approval despite Local Opposition

India’s Tata Group company Tata Chemicals is setting up a 60 MW Waste to Energy plant in UK in partnership with one of Europe’s biggest utilities […]
October 4, 2012

Distributed Solar Rooftop Generation gets a boost by Sun State Gujarat as 25 MW up for grabs

Solar Rooftops Gujarat which has been a trailblazer in installing solar energy in India has once again shown the way in distributed rooftop solar generation. Note […]
October 3, 2012

Investment Banking under Siege as DB Employees get poisoned amidst Shrinking Revenues

Investment Banking which used to be the profession of choice for every MBA and Financial Professional can’t seem to find a break. The death of Lehman […]
October 3, 2012

Indian Wind Industry Set to Recover with Reintroduction of Bigger Generation Based Incentive

GBI to be Reintroduced in India The Indian Wind Industry has been facing problems in 2012 and installations have fallen off sharply as two of the […]