China
June 3, 2013
Samsung (SSNGY.OB) is the world’s largest seller of mobile phones having overtaken Nokia (NOK) in the last couple of years. More importantly, Samsung has also become […]
May 31, 2013
China forces Foreign companies to set factories in China China has done a fabulous job in forcing foreign companies to play by its rule in the […]
May 29, 2013
Is the quality of Solar Modules compromised today Just when the entire world is getting “solarized“, has crept in another issue regarding the quality standards of […]
May 29, 2013
47% Duty to be imposed by EC Europe and China are playing a high stake poker game with stake value of $27 billion as the European […]
May 28, 2013
The Indian solar manufacturing industry is running on fumes with 10% capacity utilization. Even the bigger capacity players like Tata Power, Indosolar and Moser Baer are […]
May 27, 2013
Global Solar Industry Scenario The global Solar industry has been in a pickle in the last couple of years with a huge number of bankruptcies amid […]
May 24, 2013
Suntech – Sequence of Events leading it to the current State Suntech (STP) is the company known for its massive management blunders and huge losses since 2010. […]
May 23, 2013
The Unpredictable Solar Industry There was news two days earlier that US and Europe may strike a deal with China, in order to prevent the solar […]
May 21, 2013
Positive Solar Market Reaction following JASO The solar stocks have been very volatile. It is very difficult investing in this sector, because the sector has become […]
May 20, 2013
Leading solar wafer companies like Renesola (SOL), GCL Poly Energy, SAS and others remain under pressure due to the below cost prices of solar wafers. The […]
May 10, 2013
The EU-China Solar Trade War The European Commission has decided to impose ~40% duties on Chinese solar panel imports from 6th June. This will mark the […]
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 […]
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 27, 2013
Falling Portfolio Value of Gold Following are the 10 facts which give a better understanding of falling portfolio value indicating the story of gold which is […]
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 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 16, 2013
Energy security Energy security is one of the areas where the government needs to work. The lack in the reforms, governance is doing no good to […]
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 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 1, 2013
John D. Rockefeller is known for his immense wealth. It made “rich as a Rockefeller” a day-to-day used proverb to signify or symbolize people with extreme […]
March 25, 2013
Global Unemployment The phenomenon of growing unemployment across the world has become a regular feature across daily news stories. This is not restricted to one nation […]
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 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 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 8, 2013
Race to be the Largest Economy It is needless to say that after a gloomy performance by the world economy, it is expected that the Emerging […]
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 […]