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July 16, 2015

What is funny about Softbank’s 20000000000 dollar Solar energy investment in India

Softbank Solar Investment in India India has become a hot magnet for large massive investment announcements in solar energy by companies, as the country aims to […]
July 15, 2015

5 Important Factors to consider before buying a Solar Panel

Points to remember before buying a Solar panel I frequently get questions from my readers regarding “Which solar panel should I choose?  Which panels are the […]
July 15, 2015

Taiwanese solar companies arise from the ashes for US anti-dumping duties as global solar demand grows

Taiwan Solar Cell manufacturers will capture the global solar cell market The Taiwanese solar industry is the world’s second largest after China and dominated by solar […]
July 14, 2015

Tata Solar Panel Review – Types, Applications, How to buy

Tata Solar Panel Review India Tata Solar is a tier 1 bankable module manufacturer with 25 years history in India. It has one of the biggest […]
July 14, 2015

SunEdison goes on a wind energy acquisition overdrive as it looks to set up an emerging market yieldco

SunEdison expanding its wind portfolio for Terraform Global SunEdison is going all out to acquire wind energy assets in developing markets, as it builds up a […]
July 13, 2015

Indian government looks to lower Capital Costs for Solar Energy through innovative means

Financing the Indian Solar Industry Apart from the pathetic state of the country’s distribution utilities which are saddled with billions of dollars in debt, financing of […]
July 10, 2015

Punjab fails with its harebrained solar scheme for farmers

Indian state governments keep announcing poorly thought out solar policies which fail to get implemented due to poor execution and planning. Haryana had come out with […]
July 6, 2015

Adanis to set up 648 MW of solar power in the southern state of Tamil Nadu

Adani to set up solar park in TN After Rajasthan, Adani Group of India is now looking at Tamil Nadu for setting up extensive solar parks. […]
July 3, 2015

Indian Transport to get Solar Power

Solar Power at Indian Airports The transport industry in India is now considering using solar energy to cut its dependence on thermal power and diesel consumption. […]
July 2, 2015

Adani to set up rs. 60,000 crore Solar Park in Rajasthan

10 GW Solar Park in Rajasthan Rajasthan might witness another huge solar investment onto its sunny lands. Rajasthan suffers from huge power shortages and a solar […]
July 1, 2015

Japan's Softbank to be the biggest investor in the Indian Solar Market

Softbank to invest in the hot Solar Market in India The Japanese Telecom giant Softbank Corp. will now invest $20 billion in the Indian Solar market. […]
June 30, 2015

"Achhe din" to return to Solar Power in India

India formalizes its 100 GW target Till now India’s solar target of 100 GW by 2022, was not officially laid down and was communicated only through […]
June 22, 2015

Europe targets China solar with anti-dumping again, brings in Taiwan and Malaysia into radar

Malaysia and Taiwan to come under the wrath of Europe The Chinese solar manufacturing industry has caused huge pains to the western manufacturers who have been […]
June 18, 2015

Huawei enters the top 10 Global Solar Inverter ranking despite entering the business just 2 years ago

Huawei becomes 2nd largest solar inverter supplier Like solar panels, Chinese manufacturers have crashed the pricing of solar inverters too through large increases in capacity and […]
June 17, 2015

A Tale of 2 Solar Cell Producers – One expanding capacity while the other shutting down

The solar industry is seeing a huge shakeout as many large well-known names in the solar cell/panel production business go out of business. The solar industry […]
June 16, 2015

Indian Renewable Independent Power Producers make hay while the Modi government's sun shines

Most Indian Renewable energy independent power producers have not given great returns, except those which avoided biomass energy. Problems with land acquisition, regulatory delays and evacuation […]
June 5, 2015

Loss making Neo Solar Power plans a solar development foray

Neo Solar to list a Yieldco Listing a yieldco has become the new fashion in the solar energy industry with every Tom, Dick and Harry planning […]
June 4, 2015

Disaster for global energy companies looms, as 6 cents becomes the new normal for solar electricity price in the Middle East

Solar becoming competitive in Middle East The Acwa Power bid of just 6c/kWh for a 100 MW solar power project in Dubai raised the hackles of […]
June 1, 2015

One more public company joins the Indian government’s solar melting pot, with a harebrained dollar payment scheme

Power Trading Corporation India The new government has made an ambitious target to set up 100000 MW by 2022, up from around 3300 MW set up […]
May 26, 2015

World Bank funds earth’s biggest Solar energy power station at the heart of India

750 MW solar plant in MP, India India has started work on building the world’s largest solar PV power plant of 750 MW capacity in Madhya […]
May 20, 2015

Taiwanese Solar producers battle hard times, endangered by USA sanctions

Taiwan Solar industry faces turbulence Taiwanese solar cell producers enjoyed a great 2013 and 2014, as USA sanctions on Chinese made solar cells forced many of […]
May 19, 2015

India starts pushing the Solar accelerator but policy and target confusion remains

Solar chaos in India India wants to increase its solar capacity by 33x times in the next 7 years and is pushing its state owned companies […]
May 15, 2015

Huge gap in grandiose Indian state power plans and ground realities

State Power plans – fact or fiction The Indian federal government wants to raise the solar RPO to 8%, from 3% when even the 3% is […]
May 13, 2015

More credit (no pun intended) for India’s solar energy as government makes it a priority sector

Funding for Solar in India One of the biggest problems in attaining India’s target of 100 GW will be the massive capital required, as solar energy […]
May 11, 2015

China increases its dominance in the global Solar Industry, with 70% global marketshare in Solar Panels

China Solar Panel marketshare increases to 70% China has increased its dominance in the global solar industry, with the marketshare of its domestic solar panel makers […]
May 8, 2015

India could increase its solar RPO target from 3% to 8% in order to meet 100 GW target

RPO to increase to 8% in India India’s government is thinking of increasing its solar renewable purchase obligation target from around 3% to 8%, in order […]
May 6, 2015

List of Solar Panel Manufacturers in India – Local & International

Updated on: 2nd June 2016 List of Solar Panel/ Module Manufacturing Companies in India 1) Tata Power Solar Headquartered in Bangalore, Tata Power Solar has a […]
May 4, 2015

China sets new world record in 2014

China Solar 2014 China the leading solar hub have set new records in the last year, 2014. The country produced the largest quantities of solar products […]
April 23, 2015

Big tech firms push solar energy to bolster their green credentials – SunPower and First Solar major gainers

Apple and SunPower to build solar plants in China The technological giant Apple makes another move towards solar energy. The company is thinking of supporting the […]
April 21, 2015

Polysilicon prices down at $16 per kg

Polysilicon Prices Since the imposition of anti-dumping duties on polysilicon imported from Europe, USA and South Korea by China, the polysilicon has become cheaper elsewhere. The […]