China’s solar industry has been making huge losses for the past 2 years and despite improvement in fundamentals this year, most companies are still in the […]
USA solar company First Solar has been facing issues of its declining solar system backlog even as its solar modules remain non-competitive with crystalline solar modules made by most […]
Taiwan’s Fate – A Niche Solar Player or Top Solar Producer Taiwanese cell producers such as Gintech, Motech, Neo Solar power etc. have been making hay, […]
JNNSM A Fraud? India has been rocked by scams in almost all industrial sectors be it telecom, aviation, real estate, construction, defence etc. Renewable energy is not immune to the general […]
Solar Demand 2015 Deutsche Bank has recently come out with very aggressive demand projections for 2014, saying that the demand will shoot up to 45 GW […]
The USA China scenario USA and China have been fighting a big solar trade war since last year, even though the solar product trade continues briskly […]
Chinese Government to Restrict the Chinese Solar Industry The Chinese government is set to issue a blanket stop on all PV capacity increase due to the […]
Now Indian Government companies to build a Solar Plant in Rajasthan Major Indian government owned companies such as BHEL, Hindustan Salt etc. have come together to […]
Czech Solar Developers Accused The Czech Republic has witnessed the biggest solar boom in the world relative to its economy. The country saw a huge increase […]
Subsidies and Low Labor cost not the reason for Chinese Solar Competitiveness NREL and MIT don’t think that low wage costs and generous subsidies are driving […]
Slowdown in the Indian Solar Industry The India solar growth story is sputtering, with only 1500 MW of solar capacity getting installed till date. The main […]
SunEdison to sell its Semiconductor Division SunEdison Inc. (SUNE) the US based solar and semiconductor company is going to spin off its semiconductor division to focus solely […]
One of the main reasons for India’s current economic issues is the total absence of decent leadership in the country. The country’s politicians are so busy […]
Komax to exit Solar Market The Europeans have been abandoning the solar market in increasing numbers in the last 2 years. The European solar companies dominated […]
Solar Equipment Spending to further fall in 2013 Solar equipment spending fell off a cliff in 2012 after a record 2011. Spending on equipment used to […]
Ill Effects of Global Solar Trade Wars The globalized nature of our economy has unexpected side effects for workers and companies. Though globalization has brought prosperity […]
Hareon still to report Losses Major Chinese solar panel maker Hareon which is listed on the Chinese stock exchange, reported a doubling of its loss in […]
Solar Equipment Industry The solar equipment industry made it out like bandits during the solar panel expansion phase during 2010 and 2011, when hundreds of companies […]
Jinko Solar (JKS) is a vertically integrated China based company making Modules, Cells & Wafers. Jinko Solar is one of the lowest cost solar panel producer and was […]
Sharp’s Revenues Double Itself The Japanese electronics giant Sharp has seen its revenues from solar sales double in the first quarter of 2013 to almost $850 […]
Renesola (SOL) is a China based company providing modules at cheap prices. Renesola is a vertically integrated company with complete R&D and manufacturing of polysilicon, silicon wafer and solar […]
Trina Solar (TSL) is one of the foremost solar panel companies and is also a low cost manufacturer of solar modules in China. Founded in 1997 with 12 offices […]
Free Standing Solar Panels Free Standing Solar panels are independent solar panels standing on the ground. They are used extensively where a pitched roof is not […]
The Peaks and Troughs of Polysilicon Prices China saw a large number of polysilicon plants getting built during the post 2008 solar boom phase, when polysilicon […]