2016
March 24, 2016
Jharkhand high Solar Tariffs The two biggest risks in India’s utility solar market came to haunt India’s tribal state of Jharkand’s solar reverse auction for 1.2 […]
March 23, 2016
Solarworld might face bankruptcy Solarworld which has been the main instigator of protectionist policies by USA and Europe against the import of Chinese made solar products, […]
March 22, 2016
India suffers from lack of good windy sites One of the biggest problems for the India’s wind energy sector is the paucity of good windy sites […]
March 21, 2016
China’s Industrial Overcapacity The Chinese economy always had a huge problem of industrial overcapacity, due to the state directed policies and central planning. Artificial suppression of […]
March 18, 2016
Spain’s Solar Policy Spanish policy towards solar energy has been hostile over the last 5 years, after a solar boom in 2008 led to a massive […]
March 16, 2016
Ease of doing solar business in India India stood 142nd in the Ease of Doing Business ranking in 2015, compiled by the World Bank. The country […]
March 15, 2016
Solar Growth in India – 2016 & 2017 Solar power in India is set to double to 4-5 GW in 2016, from around 2 GW in […]
March 14, 2016
Air Purifiers on high demand in India Metro cities like New Delhi, Bengaluru and Mumbai in India are much polluted. According to a survey by WHO, […]
March 11, 2016
Top Chinese Solar Companies Performance – 2015 As FY2015 comes to an end, and most of the solar companies have declared their full year results, let […]
March 9, 2016
India once again doubles the Clean tax on Coal to ~$6 per ton to fight Global Warming and promote RE
Coal Tax in India While India has not given up its right to develop large new electricity power capacities using coal, the government is consistently increasing […]
March 8, 2016
USA, China and India to be big solar markets in 2016 With the new year starting, global solar forecasts are coming in thick and fast. Forecasts […]
March 7, 2016
New Chinese Development Bank for Solar The new Chinese development bank which has been set up as a competitor to Western dominated IMF and World Bank, […]
March 4, 2016
The Chinese have not only killed a once flourishing European solar industry through sheer economics of scale, cheap costs and government support, but have also bought […]
March 3, 2016
GCL set to become a large Solar panel player GCL Poly which is the world’s largest solar polysilicon and wafer maker with around 70,000 tons of […]
March 1, 2016
SunEdison is closing its polysilicon and solar wafer production facilities in USA as the company hunts for cash, since solvency fears have risen due to increasing […]
February 29, 2016
Overcapacity in China The Chinese government has been trying to reduce overinvestment and overcapacity in a wide range of industries such as steel, shipbuilding, wind turbines, […]
February 26, 2016
Chinese Solar Inverter industry set to grow China has managed to become the dominant manufacturer of solar wafers to panels in the world, with a market […]
February 25, 2016
USA has doggedly fought a case against India solar procurement rules for the last one year and won the case in WTO. We have repeatedly highlighted […]
February 24, 2016
Solar wafer producers are having the best 6 months in the last 5 years, as multi wafer prices have increased by 10% in the last 6 […]
February 23, 2016
India Solar Booming – 2016 We have been closely following the solar energy boom in India, with numerous grid sized tenders being floated by the government. […]
February 22, 2016
China Wind Installation 2015 China installed a gargantuan 30 GW of wind energy capacity in 2015, as it became the world’s largest wind energy producer. Europe […]
February 19, 2016
Himachal Pradesh Solar Policy India has got a very ambitious target of installing 100,000 MW of solar power by 2022, up from around 5 GW now. […]
February 18, 2016
Integrated Solar Storage Tender India India has been issuing massive solar tenders left and right, with almost 10 GW of solar tenders issued by January 2016. […]
February 17, 2016
EDF’s Joint Venture in India French energy giant EDF has formed another billion dollar joint venture to invest in India’s burgeoning renewable energy sector. This JV […]
February 16, 2016
The Fall of Japanese Solar companies Japanese solar companies such as Sharp, Mitsubishi, Kyocera and Panasonic used to rule the solar market in the last decade. […]
February 15, 2016
USA Solar Market will boom in 2016 USA could become the biggest country in terms of solar demand in 2016 and may just edge out China, […]
February 12, 2016
Erstwhile hero of solar polysilicon industry turns to a zero due to China’s anti-dumping duty on USA
Hard Times for REC Silicon REC Silicon, which is a Norwegian company has turned an unlikely victim of a China USA trade war on solar products. […]
February 11, 2016
The Indian industry has seen solar power emerge as the fastest growing sunrise sector, with the government pushing through billions of dollars in tender this year. […]
February 10, 2016
China largest Solar Hub China remains the world’s largest source of solar panel demand, despite missing its 2015 target of 17.8 GW by almost 15%. The […]
February 9, 2016
The state of solar manufacturing in India Indian solar manufacturing remains down in the dump, despite the DCR policy implemented by the government last year and […]