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January 21, 2015

Corruption in your Face – India suffers from blatant breaking of rules in corporate cronyism

Corruption In India Indians have to deal with blatant corruption in their faces every day, as political parties indulge in shameless looting of billions of dollars […]
January 20, 2015

India pushing power funding agencies PFC, REC to set billion dollar solar funds for 100 GW Solar target

India’s Solar Fund India has set up a very ambitious solar target of 100 GW by 2022 which would require at least $125 billion in investment. […]
January 19, 2015

Will SunEdison really build an integrated Gigawatt silicon Solar Panel factory in Kutch, India

The recent Vibrant Gujarat Summit saw the announcement by SunEdison and Adani Group that they would collaborate in setting up an integrated PV solar panels manufacturing […]
January 16, 2015

Infosys Gives Another Set Of Good Results Under New CEO

Infosys Q3 2015 Results Infosys (INFY) is one of the largest software services company in the world based out of India. The company is a bellwether […]
January 15, 2015

Is India’s decision to halve the subsidy on Rooftop Solar any good?

India’s Rooftop Solar Subsidy to decrease from 30% to 15% India is set to reduce the subsidy on rooftop solar systems to 15% from the 30% […]
January 14, 2015

Solar Energy to face slight headwinds from Fossil Fuel price crash

Fossil Fuel & Solar Energy IHS has come out with a revised demand estimate for 2015, for the global solar demand to be between 53-57 GW. […]
January 13, 2015

Is 6 cents per unit Solar Electricity price an aberration or a new sustainable low

Solar Electricity at just 6c/kWh The last couple of years have been marked by increasingly lower prices for solar electricity, being bid in various parts of […]
January 12, 2015

India pushes state owned energy giants to aggressively build out Solar Energy

Large Indian state owned energy companies such as OIL India, IOCL etc. have periodically made small forays into building very small solar energy plants, but they […]
January 8, 2015

Could Haryana see a mini solar boom as government makes solar panels mandatory for almost everyone

Solar Boom in Haryana Haryana has very little by way of solar installations in a country where solar energy has become the main thrust of the […]
January 6, 2015

Is Concentrating PV Technology going down the Solar Thermal Technology way

Concentrating PV Technology Concentrating PV Technology (CPV) is a niche solar technology in which mirrors are used to concentrate sun rays on high efficiency solar PV materials. […]
January 5, 2015

USA sanctions on Chinese solar modules lead to closure of giant Dow $1.2 billion factory in Clarksville

Effects of Anti-Dumping Duties Trade wars are generally counterproductive, as they lead to more losses than gains in general. USA and China have been battling it […]
January 2, 2015

Motech to become the world’s biggest solar cell maker after merging with UMC subsidiary

Motech – largest Solar cell Maker Taiwanese solar cell maker Motech is set to become the world’s largest solar cell maker, after acquiring United Microelectronics subsidiary […]
January 1, 2015

Happy new Year!

GWI wishes its readers a very Happy & Prosperous New Year!
December 29, 2014

Will India revive its faltering nuclear energy expansion plans

India Nuclear Energy India has a massive power deficit issue, which requires it to expand using all available fuel sources both green and non-green. The last […]
December 26, 2014

China comes under more pressure from USA and Europe on solar trade with new duties and sanctions

New Duties on China It seems that China cannot get a break from large duties and trade sanctions being imposed on it by other major trading […]
December 24, 2014

India to become first country to aggressively expand solar rooftop plants on canals

Solar Rooftop India India is looking to aggressively increase the installations of solar rooftop plants on water canals crisscrossing the country. India had built its first […]
December 23, 2014

GCL Poly abandons its dumb plan of selling wafer assets to investors and promoters

GCL Poly which is by far the world’s largest seller and producer of solar wafers has dropped its plan of selling its wafer manufacturing plants to […]
December 22, 2014

2014 Solar demand to be around 45 GW as China fails to meet its lofty 14 GW target

45 GW Solar Demand in 2014 The total global solar demand is expected to come at 45 GW, which is roughly the middle point of the […]
December 15, 2014

Why Procter And Gamble Is A Classic Buy And Hold Stock

Procter & Gamble Procter & Gamble (PG) is amongst the leading consumer goods companies globally. It came into existence in 1837. The company has presence in […]
December 12, 2014

High efficiency polycrystalline cells to be in a big shortage in 2015

2015 may be a flat year in terms of solar demand growth with two of the largest markets Japan and China showing declining to flat demand […]
December 11, 2014

G-56 – New Solar Country Grouping planned by India

G-56 India has recently been somewhat rattled by the new US-China climate change deal, in which the world’s two largest polluters have signed a deal to […]
December 10, 2014

Chinese Borg absorbs last surviving independent European solar manufacturer

REC Solar acquired by a Chinese Solar Company The European Solar producers used to dominate the solar industry in 2008, as the German EEG subsidies started […]
December 9, 2014

LinkedIn – Rapid Growth meets lofty Market Expectation

LinkedIn LinkedIn (LNKD) is a professional networking website, providing services in more than 20 languages. The website allows its users to maintain a list of contact […]
December 8, 2014

Foreign development banks (ADB, KFW, EXIM) to fund India’s massive solar plans with billion dollar loans

India’s government recently increased its plans to install 100 GW of solar energy by 2022, up from around 3 GW now. This would mean an investment […]
December 5, 2014

Earnings Update Q3 2014 – Canadian Solar (CSIQ)

Lets analyze the Q3 results of Canadian Solar (CSIQ) today.Canadian Solar has emerged as a star performer. Not only did it gave good results this quarter, […]
December 4, 2014

Earnings Update Q3 2104 – Renesola (SOL)

Yesterday I wrote about why I think the solar companies’ performance was fair last quarter (Q3 2014). Now a series of posts will follow, giving the […]
December 3, 2014

Fair Performance by Solar Companies in Q3 2014

Reasons for a fair performance in Q3 2014 Most of the solar companies recently updated their Q3 2014 results. The performance in the overall segment was […]
December 2, 2014

Oil prices fall, will it affect the Renewable energy Sector

Effect of Price cuts on Solar & Wind Energy Sector The prices of oil have plummeted. IT is now just $60/ barrel as compared to $100/ […]
December 1, 2014

Japan to steal the No.1 Solar position as Chinese projects get delayed

Japan to overtake China China had a target to install 14 GW of solar power by 2014. However the country has suffered from delays in solar […]
November 28, 2014

Another small solar raw material producer bites the dust even as polysilicon demand skyrockets

The solar market has become a two track market for solar manufacturers. Some producers are doing extremely well growing both revenues and margins, while others are […]