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May 9, 2013
US Solar Stocks are on a bull run Solar stocks have been rising rapidly in the recent months along with the general stock market and improving […]
May 8, 2013
Verizon Communications plans to invest $100 million in solar energy and fuel cells in USA. Verizon plans to step into green energy to become more environmentally sustainable. […]
May 8, 2013
Anti-dumping Duty in India The Government of India is in a fix trying to decide whether to impose anti-dumping duties or not. The Government’s intention is […]
May 7, 2013
Tamil Nadu’s new Subsidy for Rooftop Installations The Indian State of Tamil Nadu had set a target of 350 MW of solar rooftop installation by 2015. […]
May 7, 2013
Solar News 1) Italy installs 170 MW of solar energy in March 2) Indian states start a capital subsidy for rooftop solar power plants 3) Indian […]
May 6, 2013
Solar News 1) Asian Development Bank puts $30 million into pure play renewable Indian company NSL Renewables 2) Indian solar developers lobby to stop anti dumping […]
April 30, 2013
Solarworld to Sell itself Solarworld is on the brink of collapse and is looking to sell itself. I have remained quite critical of Solarworld’s prospects in […]
April 29, 2013
Solar News 1) Yingli Energy gets a $165 million loan from China Development Bank (CDB) for working capital and other purposes (LDK and Renesola have got loans […]
April 26, 2013
LDK sells Piecemeal The bankrupt Chinese solar giant is selling itself piecemeal to generate enough cash to sustain operations. The LDK Solar (LDK) stock has zero […]
April 23, 2013
India should fight back by imposing duties on Solar Panel Imports The Indian government has finally woken up and taken the fight to the US in […]
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 […]