World Economy and Markets

October 24, 2017

The Real Culprits Behind Australia’s Sky-high Electricity Prices 

High Electricity Prices – Australia Green energy is being currently blamed for the very high electricity prices being paid by Australians with the Clean Energy Target […]
October 2, 2017

Is Australia Foolishly Paying $300 million To Subsidize a $56 million Corporate Solar Plant?

Solar Power Plant in Australia A solar power plant being built at Moree will use approximately $300 million in government subsidies in the form of loans, […]
September 28, 2017

Loss-making Beleaguered Taiwanese Solar Cell Players Look To Band Together To Survive

Gintech, Motech, Tainergy, and NSP to Form an Alliance Taiwanese solar cell manufacturers have always been in a troublesome spot due to their lack of end customer touchpoints. […]
September 27, 2017

Most Australians Look At Lithium Batteries To Save Themselves From Onerous Electricity Bills

Lithium Batteries gain Traction in Australia A large number of Australians now believe that storage can help them further bring down their energy bills as the […]
September 26, 2017

Second Hand Chinese Solar Panels Find A Market In India’s Burgeoning RE Industry

India a Huge Market for Second hand Chinese Solar Panels While India has always been a major market for low quality Chinese solar panels, what is […]
September 25, 2017

All You Need To Know About  USA ITC Anti-Chinese Solar Panel Ruling

Could Result in Major Drop in Prices & Bankruptcies The USA government regulator on trade rules found that there was a case to be made of […]
September 15, 2017

Net Energy Demand For Australian Utilities Could be Zero in a Decade

Rooftop Solar Continues To Grow Exponentially In Australia Due to high energy prices and low solar energy prices, Australia has become one of the best places […]
September 14, 2017

Australian Utility Giant AGL In Favor Of  Storage Renewables

Storage Renewables – Australia Australian utility AGL Energy wants the Australian government to neither extend the life of aging thermal coal power plants nor build new […]
September 1, 2017

With Possible USA Surge In Solar Panel Prices, Companies Rush To Set Up Manufacturing

High Panel Prices in USA The US solar industry has been closely watching the solar panel case filed by two major solar panel manufacturers in USA […]
August 29, 2017

Why is Australia Wasting Money On A $650 Million+ Solar Plant Using A Failed Technology?

A Solar Thermal Plant in Australia Australia is planning to build a 110 MW solar thermal power plant in Port Augusta for AU $650 million (USD […]
August 15, 2017

USA Solar Manufacturers and Developers Fight A Bitter Battle As Trump Decision Awaited

High Minimum Import Prices for Solar Components The USA solar manufacturers are fighting a last ditch battle to save the solar industry in the USA as […]
August 14, 2017

After Winning The Earth Solar Battle, Middle Kingdom Looks To Solar In Skies

China Solar- Sky is the Limit! It would be an understatement to say that Middle Kingdom has won the battle for the solar industry. Out of […]
August 11, 2017

Is Hyperloop Just A Case of Hyperbole or Will It Disrupt The Transport Industry

Can Hyperloop Disrupt The Transport Industry Hyperloop has gathered vast amounts of media attention in the past few years and is said to be the next big […]
August 9, 2017

A Jaw-dropping 170 GW of Additional Solar Capacity Might Come to China

China May Install  170 GW in 3-1/2Years China has set a very low target of 105 GW of solar power by 2020 which seems laughable given […]
August 8, 2017

Australian Utility Will Supply Storage Services to Remain Relevant in “New Energy” Age

Energy Storage Booming in Australia Utilities in Europe and Australia are facing new constraints with the rapid uptake of renewable energy and distributed energy resources (DER) […]
August 2, 2017

Dead Chinese Company Rise From Ashes

Hanergy plans to build a Thin Film Solar Factory Hanergy has been the subject of numerous speculation on how a company with meager earnings and revenue can […]
July 20, 2017

Sonnen’s “Flat Price Electricity” Further Disrupts Electricity Market In Australia

Electricity Market Disruption in Australia The Australian electricity market has seen a massive surge in rooftop solar energy systems in the past few years with almost […]
July 19, 2017

Another UK Solar Factory Closes Down As European Manufacturing Dinosaurs Face Inevitable Death

Europe’s Solar Market in Grave Danger European solar factories have been closing down over the last 5-7 years as the Chinese juggernaut of massive low-cost products […]
July 12, 2017

Germany Goes To Live A Day Without Fossil Fuel Generation

Solar Energy Germany Germany sets an example for the world at large reporting almost 35% of power coming from renewable energy sources in the first six […]
July 10, 2017

China Going Green With Trees And Solar Panels

China’s Forest City & Panda Solar Power Plant China is all set to become an example for other nations in terms of combating air pollution and […]
June 14, 2017

Solar Self-consumption Becomes A Major Driver Of Demand In Europe

Solar Self-consumption in Europe Europe has been instrumental in making solar energy the most cost competitive energy source in the world today. The generous feed-in-tariffs market […]
June 7, 2017

Huge Floating Solar Power Plants May Become China’s Next Major Green Energy Export

Floating Solar Power Plants Can be Exported From China China has become the undisputed kind of the green energy industry with the help of massive government […]
May 4, 2017

Leveraging Its 28 million Car Market, China Wants To Create “Global Electric Vehicle Champions”

EV Market in China While the Chinese manufacturing industry is extremely strong globally for its low costs and scale, its automobile industry is a nobody in […]
May 1, 2017

India's Solar Lacks What China Has!

China the biggest Beneficiary of Solar Boom in India In continuation of our last Monday’s story “Can Indian Solar Panel Companies Take Advantage of the Solar […]
April 26, 2017

The U.S. Solar Companies Keep Falling Like Nine Pins Against Chinese Ruthless Onslaught

US Solar Companies Keep Shutting Down U.S. solar companies are dying like flies as the relentless fall in solar panel prices has totally upended their business […]
April 13, 2017

Solar Giant GCL Plans Another Huge Silicon Factory To Up Capacity By More Than 40,000 Tons

GCL to Become Largest Poly maker in the World GCL which is the world’s largest manufacturer of polysilicon and wafers and also one of the largest […]
March 29, 2017

China Sets Up An EV Factory In UK As It Extends Global Domination

China Set to Become World’s Leading Manufacturer of EVs China regards EV as a key strategic industry and wants to become one of the world’s largest […]
March 21, 2017

How China Became The King Of Electric Vehicles

China sold more than 500,000 EVs sold in 2016 alone The Middle Kingdom never does things in halves and Electric Vehicles are not an exception. The […]
March 20, 2017

Taiwanese Cell Producer Faces Existential Crisis As It Shuts Multicrystalline Silicon Solar Cell Lines

Solar Cell Production In Taiwan Solarworld had recently announced that it would get out of multicrystalline solar silicon cell and panel production as it was unable […]
March 10, 2017

Why Taiwan Should Focus On Rooftop Solar

Taiwan Solar Landscape The Taiwanese Solar Industry has a long history with solar cell makers Motech and E-Ton establishing themselves globally way back in 2006. However, […]