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April 1, 2016

Global Renewable energy surpasses fossil fuel power additions for the first time ever in 2015

Renewable energy capacity additions has been rapidly increasing in the last few years, turbo charged by the rapid growth in solar energy capacity. While wind power […]
March 31, 2016

India to finally fight back against USA double standards in targeting India’s domestic solar manufacturing promotion policy

We have at numerous times criticized the USA government for targeting India’s domestic content policy to promote solar manufacturing in the country, through a limited capacity […]
March 30, 2016

Muddled policy and poor implementation leads to stranding of 550 MW wind power in Maharashtra

The Indian renewable energy sector faces unique and difficult challenges, as it tries to achieve a 175 GW capacity by 2022. This involves a rapid growth […]
March 29, 2016

Even IHS thinks that Polysilicon prices could see a sharp jump in Prices

Polysilicon prices set to rise We at Greenworldinvestor have become bullish on polysilicon companies because low prices have made major producers stall capacity growth, even as […]
March 28, 2016

Is the failure of the Ivanpah the final death knell of the Solar Thermal technology?

We at Greenworldinvestor had sounded the end of the solar thermal technology almost 3 years ago, when we had said the technology was no longer competitive […]
March 25, 2016

Why Saudi Arabia has a bleak future

Saudi Arabia might face a downturn with falling Oil Saudi Arabia is the world’s largest exporter of oil and gas products and has been so for […]
March 24, 2016

India’s tribal state of Jharkhand receives high solar tariff bids due to Land acquisition and Discom health issues

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 faces a Bankruptcy inducing lawsuit from its erstwhile Polysilicon supplier

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 looks to end the paucity of good wind sites by incentivizing replacement of obsolete turbines with new ones

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

Chinese government cracks in sustaining its unsustainable industrial overcapacity

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 hostile Solar policy towards home owners may change with the ruling party

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

Will the Ease of doing business in India, really ease the Solar business in India

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 power in India to double in 2016 and again double in 2017

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

With increasing levels of air pollution in India, Air purifiers report a jump in sales

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

Annual Performance of Chinese Solar companies in 2015

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 could power 93% of incremental Solar growth in 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 IMF Competitor to focus on Solar energy lending

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

China buys up another distressed European solar company on the cheap

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

Largest solar wafer and poly maker extends dominance in solar panel manufacturing as well

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 shutters high cost USA polysilicon and wafer facilities to conserve cash

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

Chinese overcapacity has increased, as Local government's aims conflict Central government

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

China starts capturing marketshare in the Solar Capital Equipment market as well

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

China to be the biggest beneficiary of USA foolishness in filing a WTO solar case against India

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

After Solar Wafers, will Polysilicon price rise

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 set to quadruple its total solar capacity in the next 15 months to an astounding 20 GW – What is the major risk

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 installs almost 50% of the world’s wind energy capacity with cumulative capacity more than Europe

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

Why India’s hilly state Himachal Pradesh’s 700 MW solar policy target is stupid

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

India plans for the future – integrating energy storage with solar power plants in tenders

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 forms another JV to invest in Indian renewable energy using a small unknown partner

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 […]