Renewable Energy

All Articles Dealing with Wind,Solar,Geothermal,Biomass,Tidal,Wave and other sources of Renewable Energy

June 17, 2010

Impact of Spain's proposal to retroactively implement an "Industry Killing" 30% Solar Subsidy Cut on Existing Solar Plants

According to the Spanish Solar Power Lobby ASIF,the Spanish government (under Pressure with Spanish Banks facing Funding Problems and Spanish Bond Yields Rising) is proposing a […]
June 15, 2010

Oil Companies try to Evade Valid Claims and Questions arising from the BP Oil Spill

Oil Companies are coming under increasing fire in the aftermath of the BP Oil Spill which has exposed a lot of skeletons in the Fossil Fuel […]
June 10, 2010

Global Warming in Cold Storage – China's CO2 emission Jump,Canada cuts Emission Target by 90%,UN Climate Chief Pessimistic

Global Warming and Climate Change Mitigation has been given the Cold Shoulder by the World Governments with attention being diverted  towards the  Global Financial Crisis.The Economic […]
June 9, 2010

China Putting Brakes on Green IPOs as some Green sectors face overcapacity

China has put on hold new IPO’s from its fast growing Green Industry to prevent overcapacity and weed out small players.Though Goldwind (China’s second largest wind […]
June 7, 2010

Ambani Detente – Reliance breaks the shackles,Plans to enter Indian Power,Telecom and Financial Services

The detente between the Ambani brothers which lead to the rescinding of the non-compete agreement has resulted in Reliance Industries  Ltd (RIL) being the biggest Winner […]
June 4, 2010

BP imploding due to Gulf Oil Spill while Obama and Oil Industry suffer collateral damage

The Gulf Oil Rig explosion has led to a virtual implosion of British Petroleum with the costs and damages mounting at an unprecedented pace for this […]
June 1, 2010

Nuclear Energy Market – Hitachi-GE failing to keep up with Market Leaders Areva and Toshiba

Nuclear Energy Reactor Market – Main Players The Nuclear Energy Equipment market which is supposed to grow to a Trillion Dollar Market by 2030 is dominated […]
June 1, 2010

BP incompetence and deception leads to a $60 billion marketcap loss after Oil Spill

British Petroleum shares have crashed by almost 33% since the news of the Gulf Oil Spill broke out.Despite BP being a stable mega cap Energy company […]
May 30, 2010

Warmest Year in Recorded History Inflicts a Massive Human Toll in India

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has said that the last decade was the warmest decade since the 19th century with temperatures a whopping 13.3 Degrees […]
May 30, 2010

BP's reputation plunges to a new depth as "top kill" also fails

The whole BP Oil Spill story has been one long list of failures,lies and ineptitude by all the major stakeholders involved.The Obama administration,BP and the Oil […]
May 29, 2010

BP Oil Spill – A Tale of Corruption, Lies and Deception

BP Oil Spill continues to make headlines for the horrific environmental effects it is having on US coastal states .The whole story has been one riddled […]
May 28, 2010

Wind Energy in US hits an Air Pocket in 2010 due to Low Gas Prices and Federal apathy

Wind Energy in 2010 has ground to a halt in the US after a record 10,000 MW were installed in 2009.The ARRA grants in 2009 which […]
May 27, 2010

Electric Vehicles -Four Weddings and a Divorce as Auto Heavyweights jostle for position

Electric Vehicles is becoming the most active segment of the Green Industry in recent times with Alliances,Acquisitions as well as Breakups . Global Auto Heavyweights along […]
May 27, 2010

2010 to be the Warmest Year since 19th Century but Governments unconcerned

2010 has a very high probability of  being the warmest year since records have been kept from the 19th  century.Land Temperatures in 2010 are supposed to […]
May 26, 2010

Mahindra becomes First Indian Auto Major to make an entry into Electric Vehicles by buying Reva

Electric Vehicles are receiving increasing amounts of attention and dollars from established vehicle makers around the world . Nissan has already seen massive bookings for its […]
May 23, 2010

Role Reversal – US Utility Duke Energy acknowledges China's Clean Technology Leadership

The US Government needs a Reality Check about who is leading the world in Clean Energy.While the US Commerce Secretary thinks that the US might lose […]
May 21, 2010

Market Research firm iSuppli makes a "bullish call" for German demand in 2010 and 2011

Market Research firm iSuppli has made an extremely  “bullish call” for German demand in 2010 and 2011.iSuppli is predicting a 6.6 GW (up 70% y/y)  demand […]
May 21, 2010

China cracks down on illegal mining of rare earth minerals which are essential for Green Technology

China which possesses 97% of the total rare earth minerals required by the new age Green Industry has further tightened its grip by cracking down on […]
May 20, 2010

Solar Equipment domination by the European companies continues with litte churn in top 10 rankings

While European solar module producers have seen their marketshare and revenues crumbling in the face of the Chinese onslaught , there domination of the solar equipment […]
May 20, 2010

BP Oil Spill Finally Hits American Coast;Massive Impact on Economy and Environment Expected

Despite “numerous efforts” by BP which took a week to wake up to the scale of the disaster, the Oil Spill has finally  hit the American […]
May 19, 2010

BioFuels from Crops – Answer to Climate Change and Global Warming?

Biofuels were all the rage during the Bush administration which mandated the use of biofuels for the Transportation Industry.It led to a huge boom in biofuel […]
May 18, 2010

BP oil spill faces Presidential Commission as “Cozy Relationship” between Companies and the Regulator gets highlighted ; BP claims "partial success"

The BP oil spill has garnered unprecedented media coverage due to the major environment impact it could have on some of the coastal states of the […]
May 17, 2010

Democratization of Nuclear Energy – Miniature Nuclear Plants much closer to reality

Large nuclear power plants require a long time to build with delays due to permitting,environment clearances,financing etc. This can lead to project risk and cost escalations […]
May 16, 2010

Top Five Green Investments for the Risk Averse Investor

Investing in Green stocks  is fraught with a lot of risk due to the following factors The demand and supply can fluctuate a lot as the […]
May 15, 2010

Green IPO Jinko Solar Analysis – Extremely Low Quality Offering Seems to be Done in Desperation

Jinko Solar  managed to list today at the bottom end of the range at $11.Earlier they had to cancel their  plan to list in February due […]
May 14, 2010

SMA Solar Inverter Numbers imply Strong Growth in 2010 for Solar Installations

2010 Solar Installation Growth Rate is going to be above 50% driven by a sharp decline in module prices and excelled government guaranteed above market prices […]
May 13, 2010

Have US and Europe already Lost the Green Industry Leadership to China

China is recognized as the manufacturing hub of the world due to its low cost of labor and capital coupled with the  pro industry policies of […]
May 12, 2010

US Senate Proposes a "Climate Bill" with support for "Nuclear" and "Oil Drilling" ;Even Then has Little Chance of Being Passed

US has been a laggard in matters of in the climate mitigation issue compared to   Japan and Europe.They are even having trouble in formulating the bill […]
May 11, 2010

Samsung bets Big on Green Energy propelled by Competition and Growth Imperative

Samsung has started taking baby steps into the green business while signaling big intentions about growth and investment.The Company sees most of the future growth to […]
May 10, 2010

BP Oil Spill Gives another Excuse for the US to delay the climate Bill

The US has been a laggard on the climate change mitigation compared to the progressive stances taken by Europe and Japan.Despite strong hopes raised by the […]