World Economy and Markets

November 22, 2012

Solar Energy in South Africa – What you must know about winners of Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Programme

Solar Energy in South Africa Solar Energy in South Africa has really taken off with a raft of new deals signed between international solar project developers […]
November 22, 2012

Advantages & Disadvantages of a Franchise

Franchise Business Franchise is something which is becoming the talk of the town in recent times. They are hot items these days. There are numerous franchise […]
November 21, 2012

How American Solar Duties on China are boomeranging on US Solar Panel Manufacturing

Solar Duties and its effect on Solar Panel Manufacturing The US recently imposed CVD and AD duties on imports of Chinese made solar cells on a […]
November 21, 2012

Taiwanese Solar Merger creates Second Largest Solar Cell Company (Delta Electronics and Neo Solar)

Consolidation is the new way for Solar Companies to Suvive Consolidation in the global solar industry continues at an accelerated pace with companies exiting the solar […]
November 21, 2012

Another Steve Cohen Hedge Fund C.R. Intrinisic Advisors in Insider Trading Crosshairs

Steve Cohen who has a legendary reputation for delivering stellar returns consistently and for charging a huge percentage of returns as fees is again coming into […]
November 16, 2012

European Multinationals (SAS, Vodafone, E.On) losing billions due to depressed domestic markets

European MNCs incurring losses The European Debt Crisis is taking a major toll of the European multinationals which derive most of their revenue from the domestic […]
November 16, 2012

Chinese PV Panel maker Renesola starts production in India to circumvent Duties

Renesola in India Chinese solar panel producers are facing duties and investigations on dumping of solar panels from multiple countries. While USA has already imposed 35% […]
November 15, 2012

Europe's Impressive Renewable Energy Growth in One Chart

November 13, 2012

World’s Biggest Energy Project Desterec looks dead with Siemens and Spain jumping ship

Europe’s biggest solar project Desterec looks doomed with one of its founding member companies Siemens abandoning solar energy for good. Siemens facing lower margins and revenues […]
November 12, 2012

Global Labor Glut will keep Wages low and the 99% Poor

Global Labor Oversupply What has been missed out by economists worldwide is that capital is now heavily advantaged over labor which is leading to massive inequality […]
November 12, 2012

Chinese Local Governments buy failed Solar Companies, install their own Management

Strong Government Support to Chinese Solar Companies No big Chinese solar company has failed till now despite most of them losing almost all of their value […]
November 9, 2012

Financial Policies of US Corporates and Study of Capital Goods Sector

In recent years we have seen financial crises have become a common occurrence in the global economy and the countries, especially the emerging markets have been […]
November 7, 2012

Steep German Electricity Price Rise fuels controversy over Erneubare Energien-Gesetz (EEG) and Industry Subsidy

Germany’s Erneubare Energien-Gesetz (EEG) Law Germany is one of the largest generators of renewable energy in the world being the  No.1 producer of solar power and […]
November 6, 2012

Global Health Care Industry – Objectives, Need, Trend, Improvement Opportunities & Infrastructure Required

Health is wealth is a simple sentence but its sense and meaning is tremendous and deep. It is said that without physical and mental fitness, people […]
November 5, 2012

Europe’s biggest solar company REC puts itself on Sale as it loses Money in all Solar segments

Renewable Energy Corporation used to be the biggest polysilicon and wafer producer for the solar industry just 4 years ago. The company grew crazily with high […]
November 1, 2012

Top Photovoltaic Inverter Companies face harsh 2013, despite high double digit Growth

Harsh Times for PV Inverter Companies Top Photovoltaic inverter companies are set to face challenging times in 2013 as global solar energy demand shifts from the […]
October 31, 2012

Global Slowdown Stark Reality – Deluge of Job Cuts and Factory Closures by Dow, Du Pont, Kimberly Clark, UBS

Global Economy Slowdown Despite multiple rounds of monetary easing by the global central banks and zero interest rates, the global economy continues to slow down. Top […]
October 29, 2012

Biggest US Solar Industry Problem is not China but Bureaucrats, Paperwork and Utilities

Red Tape in US Solar Industry The US Solar Industry has been hogging the news due to the solar panel trade battle with China where Anti […]
October 25, 2012

Japanese Solar Bubble grows Bigger and Bigger each Day – Bureaucrats Blind to Reality

Japanese Solar Bubble Solar Energy in Japan is seeing a huge boom in solar installations as the generous subsidy announced by the Government sees the entry […]
October 24, 2012

Financial Repression – What it Means and How Europe and USA are following China to Rip off Savers and Pensioners

Financial Repression What does Financial Repression Mean? Financial Repression means the process through which Governments and Financial Institutions repress savers from receiving a reasonable return on […]
October 17, 2012

Australia exploits below cost Chinese Solar Panels while USA imposes Duties

China as a Boon for Australia Australia has seen its economy boom over the last 10 years, thanks to the voracious appetite for commodities from China. […]
October 15, 2012

Tianwei Solar Panels Review (190W, 250W) – Are they any good in Australia

Tianwei Solar Panels Tianwei New Energy is located in  in west China. Tianwei New Energy Holdings Co Ltd. (TWNE) is an affiliate of China South Industries […]
October 15, 2012

Why are Global Food Costs Shooting through the Roof – Food Security Map

Food prices have increased rapidly in the last 5 years after a long secular decline in food prices relative to world income. Not only have prices […]
October 14, 2012

Suntech can’t stop the Bleeding as top managers exit despite restructuring and UBS

The travails of China’s top solar panel manufacturer do not seem to stop with its credibility being hit by a new problem each day. Suntech has […]
October 12, 2012

Who Lost and Who Won on Revised US duties on China made Solar Cells – Also Read responses by Trina, Suntech and Yingli

Revised US Duties The US Government has got a complicated way of imposing duties on imported products considered to be receiving unfair subsidies and/or being dumped […]
October 12, 2012

Read how Stock Markets, Copper, Cotton, Solar, Steel, Fired Western Miners all are pointing to an Ominous Chinese Hard Landing

China China has been hurting tremendously from a global slowdown with its powerful export industries choking under the weak demand. While we had predicted that China […]
October 11, 2012

Sharp to Bail out of Solar as it gets Bailed out by Japanese Banks

Greenworldinestor has been pointing out the rapidly deteriorating competitive position of Sharp in the solar panel market for the last couple of years. We have even […]
October 11, 2012

Solar Energy Bubble in Japan as Gamblers and Goldman Sachs set up Huge PV Power Plants

We have been predicting a massive solar energy boom in Japan due to the generous solar feed in tariffs set by the Japanese Government in the […]
October 10, 2012

800,000 Australian Solar Households pose Survival questions for Australian Electricity Utilities

Solar Power vs. Electricity in Australia Australia has one of the highest penetration of residential solar systems in the world, thanks to generous subsides given by […]
October 8, 2012

Solar Power Charging Stations and Electric Cars – A Complete Green Transport Solution

Electric and Hybrid Cars though claimed to be a green alternative to our normal gasoline powered cars are not truly green. The reason is that the […]