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December 15, 2015

India shines with International Solar Alliance

International Solar Alliance India is set to become an exponential player in the solar space, with its PM launching the International Solar Alliance at an international […]
December 14, 2015

India plans to ratchet up its Renewable Purchase Obligation to 10% from 3%, even as state regulators fail to comply with the reduced targets

The India central government is planning to increase the Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) from the current 3% by 2022 to 10% by 2022, for all distribution […]
December 11, 2015

One of India’s largest renewable energy developers put itself on the block

India’s renewable energy industry is set to become the fastest growing RE market over the next 25 years. The Indian government has already set up a […]
December 10, 2015

Inferior quality Chinese solar panels head towards India’s burgeoning but cutthroat market

Low quality Chinese products to flood Indian markets India has seen the sharpest expansion in its solar pipeline over the last one year, with almost 15 […]
December 9, 2015

Philips Air Purifiers In India – Review, Best Price, Buy online Delhi, Bangalore

Air Purifiers India With the deteriorating quality of air quality in the Indian cities these days, time is not far when air purifiers will become a […]
December 7, 2015

An Interview with Prasad Chaporkar – Head International Business, Waaree Solar in India

An overview of Waaree Solar panels and the overall business scenario of the Indian solar industry by the head of Waaree Solar’s International Business – Mr. […]
December 4, 2015

India’s quiet but impactful revolution in Energy Efficiency

LED Industry in India India’s quiet but impactful revolution in energy efficiency through government LED bulb subsidies – LED price reduced by 75% in just 7 […]
December 3, 2015

After SunEdison, another major global solar developer Abengoa sees a stock price crash over debt concerns

Abengoa declines over debt issues The Spanish power giant Abengoa faces imminent bankruptcy proceedings, after another Spanish company failed to inject equity into the debt laden […]
December 2, 2015

Chinese solar manufacturing churns with massive expansions, coupled with bankruptcies

Even as major Chinese solar companies go bankrupt or liquidate, new Chinese groups are aggressively expanding capacity in the solar value chain driven by China’s massive […]
December 1, 2015

India to become the biggest growth centre of global energy demand overtaking USA by 2040

India’s energy sector is set to become the center of world growth, accounting for over 25% of the world’s incremental energy demand in the next 25 […]
November 30, 2015

India’s Practical Ground Level Challenges in meeting its Solar power ambitions

While the Indian government has been gung ho about increasing the share of solar powered generation in the country with a 25x increase in solar capacity […]
November 25, 2015

Why India’s Energy Sector is making rapid progress with impressive execution of policy and growth

The new face of India’s Energy sector India’s energy sector has been the star performer under the new Modi government. Though the new government has unleashed […]
November 24, 2015

UK renewable energy focused power firms and funds make large billion pound commitments to set up power capacities in India

Foreign funds in India will boost Renewable energy Foreign companies and funds have been making a beeline to invest in India’s’ burgeoning solar energy sector. With […]
November 23, 2015

India’s Power companies and IPPs scout for equity capital to fund their ambitious plans

India’s power sector has been troubled in the last few years due to a variety of issues. One has been the supply and pricing of fuel. […]
November 20, 2015

UDAY – Can India’s Power Distribution Reforms succeed and allow the solar sector to grow

UDAY – Another Power Sector reform in India India recently restructured its massively sick power distribution sector for a 3rd time in the last 12 years. […]
November 19, 2015

Will global solar demand growth drop to 10% in 2016?

Global solar demand growth IHS has predicted that solar demand growth in 2016 will drop to 10%, to around 65.5 GW up from around 59 GW […]
November 18, 2015

Online solar company plans a $300 million IPO in USA – Why you should stay away

IPO of a Chinese Solar company in USA A Chinese company plans to do a $300 million IPO in USA. The company known as Solar Power […]
November 17, 2015

What a surprise – Oil Giants alleged to suppress Climate change efforts

Exxon, Chevron, BP, Shell, Total and others are being alleged to have suppressed information related to climate change and funding studies and researches, which debunked global […]
November 16, 2015

Solar manufacturers see a surge in volumes, profits and revenues as year-end approaches

Solar booming at 2015 end The last quarter of 2015 is proving to be a great one for solar manufacturers. Massive increase in demand driven by […]
November 13, 2015

Indian solar power prices crash to just 7 cents/kWh with the advent of the Solar Revolution

The Solar Revolution in India Indian solar prices have made a new record low at just 7 cents/kWh. This happened after intense competition led to prices […]
November 10, 2015

Coal India’s decision of building floating solar power plants is stupid

Coal India into Solar? Coal India is one of the world’s largest miners of coal, thanks to its position as the monopoly miner in India. The […]
November 9, 2015

Indian retail investors prove themselves smarter than “dumb” institutional investors with high priced IPOs tanking

Retail investors are generally considered as dumb money while the institutional investors are considered as “smart” money, but apparently this wisdom has reversed in India’s IPO […]
November 6, 2015

With SolarCity crashing near all-time lows, is it a good time to buy

SolarCity down, good time to buy We have been having quite successful last week in terms of our short and long calls in solar energy. One […]
November 5, 2015

Will China’s lower solar power feed in tariffs affect the industry growth?

China Solar & Wind Power Update The world’s largest solar market accounting for almost 30% of the global demand is all set to cut its solar […]
November 4, 2015

Wind Power in India fails to grow; to see zero growth with capacity installs of 2- 2.5 GW annually in next 2-3 years

Slow growth in Wind Power in India Despite wind power being set a target of 50 GW by 2022, which implies an annual run rate of […]
November 3, 2015

Major Indian power producers find low solar tariffs puzzling; unable to make decent returns

Low Solar Tariffs a challenge for Indian producers The massive competition in the Indian solar power sector has led to extremely low tariffs being bid during […]
October 30, 2015

Can Solar Frontier be a major solar player or will it remain a Japan centric player like Sharp

Solar Frontier expanding outside of Japan Solar Frontier is the only major thin film solar company with a > 1 GW capacity other than First Solar. […]
October 29, 2015

P-type Monocrystalline solar panels sees a sharp price decrease; becoming competitive with multi panels

Monocrystalline Technology Monocrystalline technology is starting to become more competitive with multicrystalline technology as we are emphasizing in Greenworldinvestor. The new PERC technology shows better effects […]
October 28, 2015

Dubai gets massive developer interest for its 800 MW second phase solar park project

Dubai’s IInd Phase of Solar Park Project Dubai made news all over the world with the 5.4 cents/kWh PPA that it signed with Saudi Arabian company […]
October 27, 2015

Solar prices rise after a long time of declining due to shortage of capacity

Solar Component prices Rise Solar component prices are showing a slight increase after a very long time of declining. The last time prices increased was in […]