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April 22, 2013
Indian solar industry has been lobbying to get anti-dumping duties imposed on solar panel imports for a very long time. The global solar industry downturn has […]
April 19, 2013
China’s solar industry is in total chaos with massive overcapacity plaguing the industry for the last two years. Two of the biggest solar companies LDK and […]
April 17, 2013
Solar News 1) Second Tier Solar Panel shippers gain the most in 2012 while Japanese make somewhat of a comeback. First Solar, Sharp and Suntech lose the […]
April 15, 2013
Solar Growth Solar demand is expected to surge by 20% in 2013, after a flat 2012 as lower solar panel prices boosts solar adoption in under […]
April 12, 2013
Japanese Solar Boom The Japanese solar market has been booming in the last year, thanks to a very generous feed in subsidy being given by the […]
April 11, 2013
First Solar (FSLR) We have been bearish on First Solar for some time as we felt that the company’s thin film technology is no longer competitive […]
April 10, 2013
Warren to buy Suntech? Suntech stock surged almost 28%, after a rumor that the world’s smartest investor Warren Buffet would buy the company. I don’t know […]
April 10, 2013
Lancaster to achieve the Solar Capital Status Lancaster is a high desert city in northern Los Angeles County, California. Lancaster faces high sunny exposure and desert […]
April 5, 2013
Solar News 1) Brightsource cancels its 2nd big solar thermal power plant – CSP 0 – Solar PV 10 2) India company bets big on the […]
April 2, 2013
Solar News 1) Taiwanese JV Powertec (between UMC and SAS) pushes ahead with future polysilicon plans despite the current glut 2) India installs roughly 1 GW in 2012 […]
April 1, 2013
Solar News 1) SMA Solar global market share sinks to 25% in 2012 from 40% 2) European companies see their shares in Solar EPC market dropping; Indian player […]
March 28, 2013
I had earlier written about how India is being made a sucker by the US government which has filed a case against India at the WTO, […]
March 27, 2013
India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu is trying to fix a price of 12c/Kwh with bidders under its 1000 MW solar auction scheme. GWI has been […]
March 21, 2013
Suntech Debt Default Suntech (STP) which is one of the worst managed solar companies in the industry has been going through tumultuous times after it got […]
March 20, 2013
1) Japanese solar market to explode to 6 GW in 2013 according to IHS 2) Jinko Solar is hopeful of industry turnaround by 2013 end 3) […]
March 19, 2013
Dow Chemicals buy Nuvosun Materials giant Dow Chemicals has bought the entire equity stake in CIGs solar startup Nuvosun to bolster its solar shingles line up. […]
March 18, 2013
India has managed to build more than 1 GW of solar capacity already at competitive rates, thanks to reverse auctions and pragmatic feed in tariffs. Now […]
March 15, 2013
Polysilicon Prices The prices of polysilicon have gone up a bit in the last few months as poly producers have sharply reduced utilization to 50% or […]
March 14, 2013
After Solyndra, it is SoloPower The bankruptcy of solar thin film company Solyndra was one of the most dramatic debacles in the current solar downturn. The […]
March 13, 2013
2013 a Better Year for Solar Solar demand in 2012 slowed down to just 5% after a 40-50% CAGR over the last decade. The slowdown was […]
March 12, 2013
Suntech, China The world’s largest solar panel company in 2011 now faces possible closure as it does not have money to pay the convertible bond due […]
March 11, 2013
Solarworld Solarworld, which is one of the largest European solar companies surviving the current downturn, is in a bad shape. The company faces a large debt […]
March 7, 2013
1) Now Russia wants to build a space solar power plant to bean energy to earth 2) US Flexible CIGs solar panel maker Solopower runs into […]
March 6, 2013
China has been bristling against the hostility in solar trade from major partners such as US and Europe. The dominance of the Chinese solar panel industry […]
March 4, 2013
Andhra Pradesh which is the largest southern Indian state has seen a good response to its tender for 900 MW of solar capacity. The state is […]
March 1, 2013
The Solar Energy Industry saw only a 5% year on year demand growth in 2012, despite falling solar panel prices. The main reasons were that Germany […]
February 28, 2013
The solar industry is going through a major consolidation with hundreds of small and big solar companies failing despite growing solar demand. The reason is massive […]
February 27, 2013
Ontario Domestic Content Rules Ontario, Canada has put in extensive rules for domestic content usage in feed in tariffs and subsides for solar energy. These rules […]
February 25, 2013
1) Actual Solar Demand in 2012 shows only 5% growth 2) Honda ties up with Solar City to offer solar panels system to its customers in […]