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August 6, 2012

Why Solarworld CEO Frank Asbeck Will Never Receive a Salary Again

Solarworld Solarworld CEO Frank Asbeck has announced that he will stop taking his salary of half a million euros till his company returns to profitability again. […]
August 6, 2012

Globalization of Loot – 92,000 People Stash Mindboggling $21 Trillion in Tax Havens

Globalization It has been said time and again how Globalization has led to increasing prosperity around the globe with free movement of capital and trade. But […]
August 3, 2012

Indian Mid Cap Stocks remain a Manipulator’s Wet Dream as Rumors, Scandals rule over Fundamentals

The Indian Stock Market remains a highly manipulated one, despite the more than one trillion dollar in combined market capitalization. While most of the large cap […]
August 2, 2012

Wind Energy Industry of India in 2012, finds going tough as Local bodies start to Tax Wind Turbines in Tamil Nadu

Local Taxation on Indian Wind Turbines The Indian Wind Industry in 2012 is finding the going a bit difficult after a record breaking year in 2011. […]
August 2, 2012

Solar Inverter Industry in 2012 – Marketshare Churn even as Revenue remains Flat

The Solar Inverter Industry The Solar Inverter Industry has remained relatively stable compared to the solar panel industry due to fewer number of players and higher […]
August 1, 2012

Why Mainstream Media is getting being Beaten by New Age Media – Lack of Profit Motive

Mainstream Media Vs. New Age Media Mainstream Media particularly Newspapers are facing a structural decline, even as new age media like Blogs grows. The growth of […]
August 1, 2012

Indian Nuclear Accidents remain Shrouded in Secrecy and Opacity

One of the crowning achievements (if you can call that) of the current Government in India was the pact with USA which removed India from the […]
July 31, 2012

Corruption in India leading to Massive Job and Livelihood Losses even as the Guilty go Scot Free

Corruption in Indian Telecom Industry India has been rocked by numerous new corruption scandals and scams in the recent past. One of the biggest was the […]
July 31, 2012

Why Yingli, Trina, Suntech Have become Desperate as Global Solar Panel War Intensifies

The biggest Chinese solar panel producers like Sunech, Trina ,Yingli and Canadian Solar have come out strongly against the recent filing of a complaint of dumping […]
July 30, 2012

Can Europe’s only Vertically Integrated Solar Company REC Survive the Industry’s worst Trough

Renewable Energy Corporation used to be the world’s largest supplier of polysilicon, to solar panel companies just 3-4 years ago. The company, which earned eye popping […]
July 30, 2012

Indian Wind Energy Investment Returns increase, with newer Wind Turbine Technology and improving Load Factors

Indian Wind Industry India is the 5th largest wind energy market in the world and installed a record ~3000 MW last year. The growth of the […]
July 29, 2012

IMF revealed as a Useless Cozy European Politician Club, Lagarde as Tainted and Illegitimate

The International Monetary Fund along with the World Bank have received a lot of criticism in recent times because their policy prescriptions have had the opposite […]
July 28, 2012

Unbridled Capitalism leading to Shocking and De-humanizing Transactions like Killing Endangered Animals and Praying for People to Die Quickly

Rising Capitalism With capitalism of some sort being prevalent in almost all major countries in the world, other ideologies have taken a backseat. Markets have well […]
July 27, 2012

Aggressive Indian Outward M&A runs into Political Headwinds – Need for better Geopolitical Risk Management

Mergers & Acquisitions in India Indian companies have been expanding aggressively by taking over companies and assets abroad. A number of big bang acquisitions have been […]
July 27, 2012

Brazil looks to "Shoot itself on the Foot" with the ill thought of – Local Content Rules for Wind Energy

Brazil made a lot of headlines when it managed to auction a couple of gigawatts of wind energy capacity at very low prices to wind energy […]
July 26, 2012

Wind Energy Policy of Rajasthan – What you need to Know

Rajasthan India’s western state of Rajasthan which is home to India’s only desert and with one of the least population densities has come out with a […]
July 26, 2012

Siemens emerging as the Leader of the Offshore Wind Turbine Market, with massive billion dollar supply contract with leading Danish Offshore Wind Farm Operator Dong

Offshore Wind Energy Siemens the giant German industrial conglomerate and which is also the world’s largest Green company has taken a huge lead in the nascent […]
July 26, 2012

Crisil wakes up to the fact that Indian Solar Industry is Uncompetitive, after Half of the Industry is effectively Bankrupt

Solar Industry research is quite abysmal especially in India where research agencies and market analysts have very little clue of what’s going on in the global […]
July 26, 2012

Jobs in Investment Bank continue to Thousand Cuts, as Revenues Disappear

Investment Banks Jobs in Investment banks are being ruthlessly cut since the beginning of 2012, as the revenues and profits of these banks disappear. Increased regulation […]
July 25, 2012

Japanese Solar Inverter Companies in a sweet spot as Domestic Market set to Boom and JET Certification provides Barrier against Imports

Japanese Solar Inverters While Japanese solar panel companies are sweating due to cheap Asian solar panel imports, the solar inverter companies in Japan are facing the […]
July 25, 2012

170,000 Sayonara Nukes Supporters protest Japanese Nuclear Power – How long before the Government caves in to Popular Will

Nuclear Energy Massive protests in Germany post Fukushima had forced the German Government to shut down all its nuclear energy reactors and focus on green energy. […]
July 24, 2012

Nokia’s Demise can be partly attributed to Company’s Culture focused on Research rather than Marketing

Nokia The company has gone down alarmingly in the last 2-3 years making it a classic B-School case study of how not to run a company. […]
July 24, 2012

Global Solar World War truly on, with Chinese going after US Solar Companies, while Germany to probe Chinese Solar Panel Dumping

China-US Solar War The Global Solar World War is truly on now, with the Chinese Government starting investigation on the imports of solar polysilicon from Korean […]
July 23, 2012

Australia Solar Power – A comprehensive Guide to Panels, Inverters, Rebates

Australia Solar Australia has seen a big increase in solar panel installations due to generous subsidies given by individual states in Australia, like New South Wales and […]
July 23, 2012

Concentrated PV Companies face the Crystalline Silicon Competitive Heat, as Amonix Closes Down

Crystalline Silicon PV Solar Technology is beating other rivals in the solar race hands down, with other technologies like thin film solar, solar thermal and concentrated […]
July 22, 2012

Despite Car Troubles, BYD continues to Plough Money into Loss making Solar Panels

BYD When companies are facing trouble in their core markets, they tend to hive off unrelated assets to focus their energy on regaining their mojo in […]
July 21, 2012

Will the 21st Century be the Century of Natural Gas?

Natural Gas New technology for drilling Natural Gas in Shale Formations in America has brought a paradigm change in the Energy Market at least in North […]
July 20, 2012

German Offshore Wind Turbine Producers take Advantage of European Growth

German Wind Turbine Producers Siemens and RePower ( Suzlon subsidiary) are the biggest beneficiaries of a sharp growth in offshore wind energy in Europe. These companies […]
July 20, 2012

Will SMA Solar Die like Q-Cells and Centrotherm as Chinese Solar Inverter Companies gain Traction

SMA Solar The stock price of the company has touched new lows, as investors are anticipating that the company will be unable to face the onslaught […]
July 19, 2012

Why China keep on Increasing its Solar Capacity Targets?

Solar Capacity in  China China has repeatedly increased the Solar capacity targets since the last one year as solar panel prices have crashed making solar power […]