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March 2, 2020

India’s Desert state Rajasthan looks to Massively build 30 GW of Solar Capacity

India’s western state of Rajasthan has the most abundant solar resource in India with large tracts of low-cost land with high solar insolation available. The state […]
February 28, 2020

Korean Polysilicon Makers Shut Down Unable to Compete with Low-cost Chinese Companies

The upstream part of the solar supply chain was the only part where Chinese companies were not dominating the market completely. Due to the complex chemical […]
February 24, 2020

Australia’s Climate Skeptic Government brings Large Renewable Energy to a Halt

Australia like most of the Anglo Saxon countries such as the USA and Canada have been extremely reluctant to make meaningful contributions towards the fight against […]
February 19, 2020

Another Major Indian State attacks the Exponential Growth of Rooftop Solar Energy

Sad State of Rooftop Solar in Indian States The Indian rooftop solar sector has been growing by leaps and bounds despite the Indian power distribution utilities […]
February 18, 2020

Weird – Payment Defaulting Indian State plans Another 10000 MW of Solar Plants

The Indian renewable energy industry has been facing a major challenge as the state of Andhra Pradesh in the south of India is refusing to honor […]
February 17, 2020

UK Looks to Tap the Burgeoning African Solar Market

The United Kingdom after Brexit faces a challenge in boosting economic growth and has to look for newer pastures apart from Europe where it can generate […]
February 13, 2020

Indian Coal Supply Chain Faces Existential Crisis

Solar vs Coal Solar energy has always been criticized by fossil fuel proponents by saying that solar energy is intermittent and unpredictable and cannot ever replace […]
February 12, 2020

India’s Solar Dependence Risk on China Materializes with the Coronavirus Epidemic

The Indian solar industry has been growing by leaps and bounds in the last five years, thanks to the falling prices of solar panels and supportive […]
February 11, 2020

Solar Desalination gets A Boost From New Technologies to Solve the World’s Water Problem

Solar energy because of its versatile and modular nature can be used in a wide variety of applications, unlike other energy sources that can mostly be […]
February 10, 2020

Turning to Solar for Cleaner Waste Management

Waste management is a necessity that most people do not think about. The most challenging aspect of waste management is making sure that the waste is […]
February 7, 2020

Solar Power is on the Rise

Solar power installations are on the rise in North America. In early 2019 the US experienced a 10% increase in direct current due to solar power. […]
February 6, 2020

As Upstream Solar Companies Sink due to Low Prices, Large Chinese Solar Panel Makers make huge Profits

The fall in Chinese demand in 2019 had led to a sharp fall in the prices of the upstream solar supply chain namely polysilicon, wafers, and […]
February 4, 2020

India to Bring a Customs Duty on Solar Cells and Panels to Promote “Make in India”

As India grapples with a rising trade deficit against China (more than $58 billion annually), the government has imposed import duties on a range of goods […]
January 28, 2020

Solar Minigrids Remain an Important Answer to the Energy Access Question

Almost 1 billion people in the world do not have access to modern forms of energy and almost 2 billion people do not have access to […]
January 23, 2020

Long-running Solar War Between China and USA Continues Unabated

Even before the election of Donald Trump, solar energy had witnessed a war between the USA and China with both countries having imposed anti-subsidy and anti-dumping […]
January 22, 2020

China Solar Capacity Additions Keep Dropping but Remains the World’s Largest

The solar capacity additions in China dropped to just 30 GW down from around 45 GW in 2018. The 30 GW was also much ahead of […]
January 20, 2020

Green Parties Push European Countries to go Carbon Neutral

The rise of green parties in Europe has had a hugely positive effect on the fight against climate change. Countries such as Germany, Austria, and others […]
January 16, 2020

Safeguard Duty on Solar Panels To Get Extended as the Government looks to Protect Industry

The Indian government imposed safeguard duties as high as 25% on imports of solar cells and panels to protect its domestic industry which was getting bankrupted […]
January 15, 2020

Dying Throes of Thin Film Solar Technology Continues with Multiple Bankruptcies

Thin film technology in the early parts of the decade was looked upon as a competitor for crystalline silicon solar technology. However, the rapid scale-up and […]
January 14, 2020

India to Push Harder for Better Solar Quality with Energy Ratings for Solar Modules

BEE Energy Ratings For Solar Panels One of the few major Indian successes in the energy efficiency (EE) sector has been the energy star ratings started […]
January 9, 2020

Softbank to Exit the Indian RE Sector Amid Global Crisis

Softbank, the Japanese Telecom giant, made it big with its investment in Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce group. The bank started its story in India with investments in Indian […]
December 19, 2019

Europe sees a Solar Renaissance as Grid Parity Drives a Doubling of Growth

Europe is seeing a strong resurgence in solar capacity additions as grid parity has made it economical to install solar energy as compared to other power sources. […]
December 18, 2019

Indian States try to Leverage Solar’s Rapid Growth to Milk Taxes and Increase Revenues

The Indian desert state of Rajasthan situated on the western part of the country is endowed with large solar resources. The state has a large land […]
December 17, 2019

After Telecom, Huawei could see its Solar Business come under fire from Trade War

Huawei has become the poster boy or rather the whipping boy of the US-China trade war with the USA going hammer and tongs against the Chinese […]
December 10, 2019

Gujarat Temple Goes Solar – Utilizes the Savings For Education

Yet another story about solar benevolence! The renowned Badrinarayan temple in Surat switched to solar power and is utilizing the savings from electricity bill towards promoting […]
December 9, 2019

Lumos Plans a Million Solar Home Lighting Systems to Brighten up Nigeria

Lumos which is a Dutch company operating in the off-grid solar space in Nigeria plans to substantially scale up its presence in the Western African country. […]
December 6, 2019

Will India’s beleaguered RE Developers get a Respite as Truce called by the AP Government

Solar in Andhra Pradesh The Indian renewable energy developer community has been in the ICU for the last six months as a change in the government […]
December 4, 2019

Solar Energy in 2050 – $6.4T Investments, 18x Multiplier, 8519 GW & 4.9 GT of Carbon

Solar Energy – 2050 Solar energy is all set to continue its spectacular growth in the future continuing the trend it has shown over the last […]
December 2, 2019

Blockchain Solar Energy Trading to Soon Start in India

The Indian state of Uttar Pradesh is all set to begin the P2P blockchain solar power trading project in India. The project will be done in […]
November 25, 2019

With India almost Reaching 100% Electrification, the Off-grid Industry goes for a Toss

India along with other South Asian countries as well as Africa used to the prime market for off-grid solar products. The off-grid solar industry has become […]