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July 11, 2013
China limits the Solar Panel export to Europe The EU-China solar spat is the most talked about trade war in the history of solar industry. Europe […]
July 10, 2013
SMA Solar is firing 700 workers from its nearly 4000 workforce, as the company tries to align costs to its falling revenue. The German solar inverter […]
July 9, 2013
Solar News 1) Panasonic to close its solar cell factory in Hungary. Approximately 500 jobs to be affected. 2) Conergy takes steps ahead to file insolvency. Payment […]
July 8, 2013
Solar Wafers are traditionally manufactured by growing polysilicon crystals in specialized furnaces. These crystals are then sawed to make thin slices of purified polysilicon which is […]
July 8, 2013
Andhra Pradesh Solar Tender Andhra Pradesh is one the major Southern states with a big solar subsidy policy and it recently enacted a reverse auction for […]
July 7, 2013
China Sunenergy China Sunenergy (CSUN) is a Chinese solar company which used to produce solar cells initially. Later, the company expanded into solar panel production, with solar […]
July 6, 2013
Companies acquiring funds for growth in Solar Energy Recently, JPMorgan Chase & Co. helped a privately held solar installation provider secure funds totaling $630 million. This […]
July 5, 2013
Desertec Project to close down I have always been a big critic of the Desertec project which envisaged building huge solar thermal plants in North Africa […]
July 4, 2013
Solar & Wind Energy to rise to 8% by 2018 Solar and Wind energy should double their share of the global electricity generation to 8% by […]
July 4, 2013
REC in India The Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) scheme is the major policy initiative taken by the central government to use a market based mechanism, to promote green […]
July 3, 2013
UP to join the Solar bandwagon All major Indian states have launched independent solar power programs using a reverse auction bidding mechanism which has been pioneered […]
July 3, 2013
Solarcity collaboration with Tesla Motors Solarcity (SCTY) which has seen its stock price rocket up in recent times is exploring the option to sell energy storage […]
July 2, 2013
The US government has imposed anti-dumping duties on Chinese made solar panels but that has not stopped the major Chinese Tier 1 solar panel producers from […]
July 2, 2013
The State of Indian Solar Industry This headline may seem a bit dramatic but that is the current reality being faced by the Indian industry today. […]
July 1, 2013
What is a Solar powered Water Pump As the title suggests the solar powered water pumps, use solar energy to run. These solar powered water pumps […]
July 1, 2013
Mineirao Stadium in Brazil studded with PV rooftop Installations The Mineirao Stadium in Brazil has installed 1.4 MW rooftop solar power. This stadium is all set to […]
June 28, 2013
New Solar Panel Plants in US Small US solar panel maker Silevo Inc. plans to build a solar panel making factory in the US as it looks […]
June 28, 2013
Solar News 1)Pure play monocrystalline wafer producer Comtec solar (listed in HK) plans to build a massive 1 Gigatwatt N-type mono wafer plant in Malaysia ( […]
June 26, 2013
Indian power developers seem a dumb lot with little risk management. They blundered big time in 2008 when they bid low for massive thermal power plants […]
June 25, 2013
German Solar Panel Industry on its deathbed, despite the EU sanctions on Chinese Solar Panel Imports
German Solar Industry did not benefit from EU’s anti-dumping imposition The German solar panel manufacturing industry is on its deathbed and nothing will revive it. The […]
June 25, 2013
Solar Project delays in India leads to disappointment India which is cited as one of the best markets in the world for solar energy is expected […]
June 24, 2013
OCI & Hanwha to remain the serious Contenders Major Korean conglomerates such as Samung, Hyundai and Hanwha had made massive investments in renewable energy spurred on […]
June 24, 2013
Enphase Energy has announced a solar program to aid the commercial solar projects in Europe recently. Micro-inverters are generally used in residential solar installations and Enphase Energy […]
June 22, 2013
India’s Central Government has mostly mismanaged the central program for promoting solar energy in India. Despite a massive crash in solar component prices, demand in India […]
June 21, 2013
Alion Energy, the California based company wants to reduce solar energy costs. Alion Energy was founded in 2008 and is an EPC and O&M solutions provider. Alion […]
June 21, 2013
The Indian states have been building large amount of solar capacity through the reverse auction process of giving out solar power farms to developers. The prices […]
June 20, 2013
Siemens to close its last solar shop – Solel Energy Siemens is now getting out of the solar business, with its decision to shut down Solel […]
June 20, 2013
Cheap money and over-investment has led to a catastrophic overcapacity in the solar panel industry leading to solar panel prices falling by more than 80% in […]
June 19, 2013
Solar News 1) TSMC and Solar Frontier release high efficiency CIGs solar thin film modules with efficiency around 15% 2) GTM sees module costs at just 36c/watt by […]