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June 24, 2014

SolarCity comes under more criticism for siphoning the subsidies of its small solar customers

SolarCity criticized  for siphoning subsidies SolarCity (SCTY) which has become the largest solar residential installer in the USA, has come under frequent criticism of its unethical […]
June 23, 2014

After Spain and Czech, Italy thinks of implementing a retroactive cut on solar power plant subsides – Not a bad idea

Italy to cut Subsidies on Solar power plant Spain and Czech faced massive fiscal pressure on their treasuries after their government’s legislated large subsidies for solar […]
June 18, 2014

Fights between residential solar home owners and utilities intensify in the USA

S0lar USA The fight between residential solar home owners and utilities is getting more intense and spread over more and more USA states every day. Utilities […]
June 17, 2014

Should you buy Suzlon as it pares debt and improves performance?

Buy Suzlon? Suzlon Energy has seen its stock price rise by over 200% from its all times lows, as the Indian stock market has rallied strongly […]
June 16, 2014

India has the world’s 6th largest Renewable Energy Capacity but is way behind China

India has one of the world’s largest renewable energy capacity, ranking amongst the top 5 countries in the world in terms of installed wind energy and […]
June 13, 2014

India’s Solar Anti-dumping Duties gets bad press from western and vested media

Anti-Dumping Duties India India’s solar manufacturing industry has been hollowed out from the inside by imports from China and other countries. Global oversupply due to massive […]
June 11, 2014

First Solar – Not A Buy Despite Improving Fundamentals

First Solar (FSLR) is amongst the world’s largest utility scale solar system installers and producer of solar panels. The company recently released its Q114 results, which […]
June 10, 2014

India will have to invest $1.6 trillion in the next 20 years to meet energy requirements

India needs to invest heavily for its energy demand India will have to invest almost $1.6 trillion over the next 20 years, to meet the growing […]
June 9, 2014

India’s Tata Solar raises solar capacity to take advantage of anti-dumping duties on solar cells

TATA Solar to scale up production Indian solar manufacturers have been devastated by the severe price erosion in the price of solar cells in the last […]
June 6, 2014

Solar demand is Europe saturates to 10 GW as most markets mature

Saturation in the European Solar Market Demand in Europe has saturated to the 10 GW level, as the biggest markets such as Germany and Italy are […]
June 5, 2014

LDK to be resurrected by Chinese state owned banks?

LDK to again get financial aid from Chinese banks? LDK Solar may get a $320 million loan from a consortium of Chinese banks, led by the […]
June 4, 2014

Abengoa and SunEdison to soon list out their “Yieldco” that will lower solar cost of Capital

Yieldcos in Solar Industry Major solar energy developers such as SunEdison (SUNE) and Abengoa are soon going to make an IPO of their solar asset subsidiaries. […]
May 29, 2014

The low cost high quality smartphone market becomes a tough fight between Google and Microsoft

The Smartphone Market The emerging markets are rapidly shifting towards smartphones leaving behind feature phones, with more than half of the mobile phones being sold today […]
May 28, 2014

Why Saudi Arabia will be the hottest emerging solar market in the near future

Saudi Arabia wants to invest big bucks in solar power plants, but the country’s progress has been abysmally slow. The country which has one of the […]
May 27, 2014

Chinese leave USA far behind in all solar segments as domestic market dominates world

Chinese Solar Market dominates globally The Chinese solar industry has been growing at a tremendous pace in the last 5-6 years and has now come to […]
May 26, 2014

India’s Directorate General of Anti-Dumping finds dumping allegations on solar imports to be true – 100% dumping duty possible

100% Indian duties on Chinese Imports The Indian solar manufacturers have been pushing the Indian government hard, to impose anti-dumping duties on imports of Chinese and […]
May 23, 2014

GCL Poly looks to expand its already massive upstream solar wafer and poly capacity as it reports robust results

The world’s largest solar wafer manufacture GCL Poly is looking to further expand its already giant capacity. The company reported great results seeing a very large […]
May 16, 2014

Germany’s solar story faces hurdles in its next phase of self-consumption

German Solar self consumption faces problems Germany is facing hurdles in its solar energy industry, as the government plans to impose a green energy levy common […]
May 15, 2014

Solar Wafer Industry to see consolidation as losses eviscerate the small companies

Consolidation in Solar Wafer Industry The solar wafer part of the solar supply chain has been one of the worst performing sectors in the solar industry. […]
May 14, 2014

Polysilicon producers start showing profits as pricing strengthens amidst strong demand

Polysilicon back to profits Polysilicon companies are starting to show profits again after polysilicon pricing has started to strengthen amidst higher demand from downstream solar cell […]
May 13, 2014

Nigeria and Ghana become new gigawatt Solar Markets for Investors

Solar Markets Africa Africa is the new solar frontier for many large solar investors, given the huge energy demand and lack of capital. The country has […]
May 12, 2014

Spain continues to suffer from the Solar Subsidy disaster in 2009

Solar Subsidy pain in Spain Spain saw a massive boom in solar installations after the government announced a very generous subsidy on solar energy installations. Beside […]
May 9, 2014

Indian Manufacturing enters into a serious decline as policy and regulations paralyze Investors

Change in the Indian Manufacturing Industry The Indian manufacturing sector is set to see a decline in this year, which is extremely shameful considering that the […]
May 8, 2014

Korean poly giant OCI returns to profitability but decent margins still far away

OCI gave decent profits & revenue numbers Korean giant OCI has returned to profitability in its poly division after a couple of bad years. The company […]
May 7, 2014

REC may be the only large European Solar Player to survive the vicious 2012 downturn

REC Survival story We at Greenworldinvestor have speculated numerous times that most solar companies based in Europe such as Solarworld will cease to exist. We even […]
May 6, 2014

Middle East and Africa to become the focal points of Global Solar Growth

Solar Growth in Africa and Middle East The Africa and MENA region will show the highest growth in the next 5 years, with Solarbuzz predicting a […]
May 5, 2014

India may not impose Anti-dumping Duties on Foreign made Solar Panels

No Anti-dumping Duties by India The Indian government may not impose higher anti-dumping duties on imports of foreign made solar panels, as the costs of imposing […]
April 30, 2014

Solar Energy becomes 2nd biggest contributor to electricity capacity additions in the USA

Solar Energy captures 2nd place as a source of Electricity- USA Solar energy has left its image of a niche energy source far behind and is […]
April 29, 2014

IPCC acknowledges importance of Solar Energy in fighting Climate Change

Solar Energy can fight Climate Change We at Greenworldinvestor have always been very bullish about the prospects of solar energy growth, given the sharply declining costs, […]
April 28, 2014

USA solar modules prices set to rise as Government plans more stringent subsidies on Chinese Imports

Module prices to increase in USA Solar system prices in the USA will not fall at the same rate, as a key component – solar panels […]