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November 6, 2012

Global Health Care Industry – Objectives, Need, Trend, Improvement Opportunities & Infrastructure Required

Health is wealth is a simple sentence but its sense and meaning is tremendous and deep. It is said that without physical and mental fitness, people […]
November 6, 2012

India’s second big Desalination Plant to be built in Chennai even as the first struggles to survive

Desalination in India The Desalination Industry in India is in a bad state, with India’s first big desalination plant in the southern state of Tamil Nadu […]
November 5, 2012

Europe’s biggest solar company REC puts itself on Sale as it loses Money in all Solar segments

Renewable Energy Corporation used to be the biggest polysilicon and wafer producer for the solar industry just 4 years ago. The company grew crazily with high […]
November 5, 2012

Tamil Nadu Solar Energy Policy Review and Analysis – Why solar investors should sit up and take notice

New Solar Energy Policy in Tamil Nadu India’s electricity woes are known to Greenworldinvestor as we have been repeatedly highlighting the massive deficits suffered by individual […]
November 5, 2012

Pros & Cons of FDI in India Retail – Benefits of Foreign Direct Investment

FDI in Retail- A boon or a bane Before starting with the Indian Retail Industry and the FDI policy in Retail Industry let us first answer […]
November 5, 2012

Why Street.com’s "Solar Panels Don’t Work" article is stupidity at best and paid propaganda at worst

More Misguided Information on Solar Energy In Greenworldinvestor.com we have repeatedly pointed out various useless and shallow research and media reports which try to cast solar […]
November 4, 2012

15 Economic, Geopolitics and Investment Stories we found Interesting

Economics  Sandy to have an economic impact of $50 billion or 0.5% of US GDP  In Greece people who receive a paycheque become the exception  US […]
November 4, 2012

What is Natural Gas used for Today – Heating, Industry, Electricity and Cars

Use of Natural Gas Massive discoveries of natural gas reserves in shale gas formations has meant that the prices in USA have gone down substantially and […]
November 3, 2012

10 Must Read Solar Stories – What we found interesting!

1) India’s Renewable Energy Certificate market heavily oversupplied as state utilities renege on obligation 2) Global Solar Panel Revenues keep declining despite growing shipments as price […]
November 2, 2012

Brightsource raises $80 million – More Money Down the Drain?

I had profiled Brightsource energy as one of the their best solar startups in USA earlier, however things have changed dramatically in the interim with solar […]
November 2, 2012

Cost concerns: Major bottleneck in the Biomass Power Development

Bottleneck in Biomass Power Development India is predominantly an agricultural economy. The estimated food grain production in India in 2011-12 is estimated as a little over 250 MT […]
November 2, 2012

Punjab looks to reduce $1 billion Electricity Subsidy to Farmers through Solar Energy

Solar Energy to Reduce Electricity Subsidy India’s state of Punjab is looking towards solar and biomass energy to reduce its massive electricity subsidy burden. Punjab is […]
November 1, 2012

Top Photovoltaic Inverter Companies face harsh 2013, despite high double digit Growth

Harsh Times for PV Inverter Companies Top Photovoltaic inverter companies are set to face challenging times in 2013 as global solar energy demand shifts from the […]
November 1, 2012

Why are China and India obstinately pushing Nuclear Power despite Protests

Two Emerging Nuclear Giants – India & China The Fukushima disaster in Japan involving the Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant had bought a nuclear winter for the […]
November 1, 2012

1/3rd of India’s Power Capacity Lies Idle due to Corruption created Coal Shortage

Indian Coal Shortage leads to Idle Power There are massive power brownouts across India as electricity supply is shut down due to lack of fuel. Note […]
October 31, 2012

Global Slowdown Stark Reality – Deluge of Job Cuts and Factory Closures by Dow, Du Pont, Kimberly Clark, UBS

Global Economy Slowdown Despite multiple rounds of monetary easing by the global central banks and zero interest rates, the global economy continues to slow down. Top […]
October 31, 2012

Why China’s State Grid attempt at Supporting Domestic Solar Industry will Fail

China’s Solar Industry which accounts for more than 60% of the global solar shipments is in deep trouble. The industry expanded far more rapidly than demand […]
October 31, 2012

Funny Solution to Indian states mired in an Electricity Crisis – Minister to Lead a Cycle Rally

Power Supply in India India’ Power Situation is anything but funny with a mounting and growing power deficit leading to a sharp drop in industrial productivity. […]
October 30, 2012

Our Apple Short Idea is 10% in the Money – More Apple Stock Cracks Revealed

While Apple has killed many Technology Companies through stunning product innovation and super marketing, our view of the current stock price of Apple is that it […]
October 30, 2012

India’s Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) is failing because of callous State Governments imposing no penalties on recalcitrant Power Consumers

Renewable Energy Certificate Policy in India which was unfurled with great fanfare in 2011 is suffering because of a lack of enforcement from states. According to […]
October 30, 2012

Biomass Poor, Agricultural Rich Indian State to get Seven Biomass Energy Plants from Punjab Biomass

Biomass in Punjab A large number of private companies have entered the biomass energy sector in order to capitalize on the potential of biomass growth. A […]
October 29, 2012

Biggest US Solar Industry Problem is not China but Bureaucrats, Paperwork and Utilities

Red Tape in US Solar Industry The US Solar Industry has been hogging the news due to the solar panel trade battle with China where Anti […]
October 29, 2012

Black Solar Tuesday – Top Solar Companies Sunpower, Solar Frontier and Gintech fire hundreds of workers

Job Cuts in Solar Industry The solar industry crisis continues to take a massive toll on solar jobs as top solar companies Sunpower, Showa Shell and […]
October 29, 2012

India’s Massive Thermal Power Plant policy under Threat as predicted since Tata’s UMPP sees $600 million Loss in First Year

The past 5 years have been a riches to rags story for India’s power generation companies. The utilities which competed with each other for the position […]
October 28, 2012

Investing in Solar Panels for Home – 6 Things to Know Before Making the Move

Solar panels are an innovative product and through advances in technology, they have now been made affordable for modern day consumers. If you are thinking about […]
October 28, 2012

Thirteen Solar Stories that you can't miss

Bankrupt Organic solar cell producer Konarka acquired by German solar developer/installer Belectric Dow Corning announces it solar materials division South Africa to build out 421 MW […]
October 27, 2012

Instapark Solar Panels Review (5W, 10W, 15W, 20W, 30W,50W, 80W, All Black 100W Monocrystalline,130W, 180W, 360W ), 12V charge controller, Solar Charger Review

Instapark Instapark is a Solar Panel Distributor focusing on the North American market and was established in 2001. Besides Solar Modules, Instapark is also a major […]
October 26, 2012

$99 Google Tablet from Quanta Computers could be a bigger Game Changer than iPad mini

Google Apple War There are rumors that Google will launch a Nexus tablet in collaboration with Taiwanese vendor Quanta Computers for jut $99 in the 2012 […]
October 26, 2012

Siemens $400 million Solar Acquisition goes to Zero as Giant Electrical Conglomerates cut losses in Solar

The Dying Solar Industry The massive losses seen by the Solar industry has been an ongoing feature for the last couple of years and given that […]
October 26, 2012

Solyndra rises from the Dead to Sue the Chinese Government, Banks and Solar Companies for its Death

Solyndra Solyndra which is one of the worst solar bankruptcies in recent time; and caused a major media backlash against Green Energy and the Obama Administration, […]