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December 17, 2012

Solar Parks boom in Tamil Nadu as Solar Purchase Obligation drives Growth

The concept of solar parks was started in India by the Gujarat government where land, infrastructure and electricity transmission is established in one place making it […]
December 17, 2012

How to invest in Small Hydro in India – Installed Capacity, Projects and Companies

Small Hydro Power – Investment Opportunities A large number of SHP projects were established in the public sector during the onset of the early 1990s. However, […]
December 16, 2012

Small Hydro Power in India – Quick Guide to Classification, Potential and Financing

Small Hydro Power in India Classification of Small Hydro in India Small Hydro Power projects in the country are generally categorized as those having small gestation periods […]
December 15, 2012

Pakistan's Gas Focused Transportation faces both Short term and Long term Dangers

Pakistan has a massive power problem with chronic electricity brownout thanks to its mismanaged and corrupt administration. The industries in the state are mostly idle as […]
December 14, 2012

How TN Solar Policy is failing Home Solar Rooftop Systems as wrongly biased towards large scale Solar Plants and Parks

The Solar Policy unveiled by Tamil Nadu has generated a huge amount of investor enthusiasm with a target of generating almost 3 GW of solar power […]
December 14, 2012

Best Solar & Clean Energy Websites – Private & Government

Solar and Clean energy is the need of the hour. These are energy efficient and eco-friendly ways that help greatly in energy conservation and are also […]
December 13, 2012

Will High Efficiency Low Cost Solar Cells Strategy allow Silveo to take on Bigger Rivals?

Silveo entering the Solar Market Amongst the solar carnage, a US solar startup is planning to increase the capacity of its solar panels. While established as […]
December 13, 2012

Solar Power Generators become mainstream to compete against Gas Generators as Costs plunge

Solar Power Generators Solar Power Generators have become a mainstream product as plunging costs of solar panels has suddenly made them affordable for a vast majority […]
December 13, 2012

12 Top Solar Stories!

1) US solar installations to grow by almost 60% in 2012 over 2011 making it the 3rd largest country 2) After utility scale solar plants, Softbank […]
December 12, 2012

India's State Owned Power Equipment maker appeals for protection from Solar Dumping

BHEL Protests against Cheap Solar Products India’s state owned capital equipment maker BHEL has joined the Indian solar manufacturers in protesting against cheap solar panel products. […]
December 12, 2012

How Taiwan Solar Companies are flourishing due to Global Solar Wars

Taiwanese Solar Companies have been the biggest beneficiaries of the duties on Chinese solar panels imposed by USA and the uncertainty arising from possible sanctions by […]
December 12, 2012

Global Solar Panel Wars – The Complete Story till Now

Why are the Global Solar Panel Wars Occurring Chinese solar panel producers have increased their market share rapidly in the last 4-5 years displacing the dominant […]
December 11, 2012

Thin Film Solar Carnage – 9 of the 15 Biggest Companies have disappeared

Thin film solar technology has seen most of its proponents go bankrupt one by one. In fact 9 out of the 15 thin film companies which […]
December 11, 2012

Bio Energy in India : Issues and Challenges

Issues and Challenges of Biomass Energy in India The various issues and challenges faced by biomass power plants as well as the major barriers impeding an […]
December 11, 2012

Tamil Nadu Solar Tender – Main Points about the Gigwatt solar capacity up for grabs

The Indian state of Tamil Nadu recently released a solar energy policy which aims to rapidly add solar energy capacity in the state by making it […]
December 10, 2012

JNNSM Part 2 Quick Guide – Indian Solar Policy Second Phase Draft needs a lot more work

In Greenworldinvestor we have already covered the India’s Federal Solar Subsidy Policy JNNSM from its inception 2 years ago. Now as the Government embarks on the […]
December 10, 2012

Do poor countries like Ghana really need to spend valuable Subsidy on monster Solar Panel Farms

Solar Panel Farms in Ghana It has been reported that a UK solar developer Blue Energy has got approval to build a giant 155 MW solar […]
December 10, 2012

Do RBI rate cuts really matter to the common man?

In the crucial financial time, where the cash flow in the economy seems to decrease and poor performance of the stock market and the Indian economy […]
December 9, 2012

Advantages and Disadvantages of Fossil Fuels

Fossil Fuel Fossil fuels have been an oldest source of energy for mankind. Fossil fuels, as its name suggest, were formed from the organic remains of […]
December 8, 2012

Decoding Foreign Investment inflows into India – Domestic Black Money in a "Foreign" Cloak ?

Foreign Institutional Investment Every day we come across the term foreign institutional investors. FII portrays the image of any giant hovering over the Indian equity market […]
December 7, 2012

Why Coal is set to become biggest fuel source in next couple of years

Coal – the Biggest Fuel The recent travails of coal companies in the USA due to low natural gas prices has led many people to think […]
December 7, 2012

Why the prospects of India's first Nuclear Energy Stock "Nuclear Power Corporation of India" are dim

Nuclear Power Corporation of India India’s cash strapped government has been trying to sell shares of public sector undertakings in 2012 without much success. The general […]
December 7, 2012

Indian Solar Developers Strategy to fight Anti Dumping Case against imports of Cheap Solar Panels

India recently joined the global solar trade wars with the Ministry of Commerce starting an investigation into dumping of solar cells on a complaint made by […]
December 6, 2012

Issues of the Indian Service Sector – Classification of services, GDP, Outsourcing & Growth Rate

Among fast growing developing countries, India is distinctive for the role of the service sector. Where earlier developers grew by exporting labor-intensive manufactures, India has relied […]
December 6, 2012

Biofuel Producers in India benefit from 5% mandatory blending in fuel

The Indian Government has finally come out with a policy mandating 5% compulsory blending of ethanol with fuel. The Oil Marketing Companies will have to procure […]
December 6, 2012

Zombie LDK fires thousands and stops polysilicon production

LDK Solar (NYSE:LDK) which used to be the biggest solar wafer producer has completely stopped production of polysilicon and sharply reduced shipments to preserve cash. The […]
December 5, 2012

Solar Pumps in India offer a stunningly low 4 year payback period over Diesel Agricultural Pumps

Will Solar Pumps replace Diesel Pumps in India While Solar Panels in India gets all the attention and publicity, other solar products in India like solar […]
December 5, 2012

India Power and Infra Conglomerates look to China Development Bank for Survival

Indian Power and Infrastructure Companies like GMR, Lanco, GVK, Reliance Infrastructure have been making continued losses in the past couple of years and have been unable […]
December 5, 2012

Indian Renewable Energy Certificate market crashes with only 10% RECs sold and that too at the floor price

Indian Renewable Energy Mandate not Met India’s much hyped market based renewable energy incentive system of “Renewable Energy Certificate” (REC) has crashed. The REC market which […]
December 4, 2012

India reduces Solar Panel Plant prices by 20% to $1.5/watt and Solar Thermal Plants' by 10% to $2.2/watt

Solar Plant Price Reduction in India The rapid decrease in solar panel prices has led to a sharp decrease in overall solar system prices, with the […]