Solar Energy
July 23, 2013
Indian Solar Industry hit by Corruption India and corruption have pretty much become synonymous with no sector immune to fraud and scams in India. Now the […]
July 18, 2013
A large section of the German solar industry has already shut down or been bought for pennies to the dollar by Asian conglomerates such as Hanergy, […]
July 16, 2013
India’s western state of Gujarat has been the poster boy of solar energy success in India installing almost 1 GW of solar capacity in a couple […]
July 12, 2013
Both Renesola (SOL) and JA Solar (JASO) Modules are good buys and one of our top picks to buy in 2013. Both Renesola and JA Solar are Chinese […]
July 8, 2013
Solar Wafers are traditionally manufactured by growing polysilicon crystals in specialized furnaces. These crystals are then sawed to make thin slices of purified polysilicon which is […]
July 8, 2013
Andhra Pradesh Solar Tender Andhra Pradesh is one the major Southern states with a big solar subsidy policy and it recently enacted a reverse auction for […]
July 7, 2013
China Sunenergy China Sunenergy (CSUN) is a Chinese solar company which used to produce solar cells initially. Later, the company expanded into solar panel production, with solar […]
July 6, 2013
Companies acquiring funds for growth in Solar Energy Recently, JPMorgan Chase & Co. helped a privately held solar installation provider secure funds totaling $630 million. This […]
July 5, 2013
Desertec Project to close down I have always been a big critic of the Desertec project which envisaged building huge solar thermal plants in North Africa […]
July 4, 2013
Solar & Wind Energy to rise to 8% by 2018 Solar and Wind energy should double their share of the global electricity generation to 8% by […]
July 4, 2013
REC in India The Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) scheme is the major policy initiative taken by the central government to use a market based mechanism, to promote green […]
July 3, 2013
UP to join the Solar bandwagon All major Indian states have launched independent solar power programs using a reverse auction bidding mechanism which has been pioneered […]
July 2, 2013
The State of Indian Solar Industry This headline may seem a bit dramatic but that is the current reality being faced by the Indian industry today. […]
July 1, 2013
What is a Solar powered Water Pump As the title suggests the solar powered water pumps, use solar energy to run. These solar powered water pumps […]
July 1, 2013
Mineirao Stadium in Brazil studded with PV rooftop Installations The Mineirao Stadium in Brazil has installed 1.4 MW rooftop solar power. This stadium is all set to […]
June 28, 2013
New Solar Panel Plants in US Small US solar panel maker Silevo Inc. plans to build a solar panel making factory in the US as it looks […]
June 26, 2013
Indian power developers seem a dumb lot with little risk management. They blundered big time in 2008 when they bid low for massive thermal power plants […]
June 25, 2013
German Solar Panel Industry on its deathbed, despite the EU sanctions on Chinese Solar Panel Imports
German Solar Industry did not benefit from EU’s anti-dumping imposition The German solar panel manufacturing industry is on its deathbed and nothing will revive it. The […]
June 25, 2013
Solar Project delays in India leads to disappointment India which is cited as one of the best markets in the world for solar energy is expected […]
June 24, 2013
OCI & Hanwha to remain the serious Contenders Major Korean conglomerates such as Samung, Hyundai and Hanwha had made massive investments in renewable energy spurred on […]
June 24, 2013
Enphase Energy has announced a solar program to aid the commercial solar projects in Europe recently. Micro-inverters are generally used in residential solar installations and Enphase Energy […]
June 22, 2013
India’s Central Government has mostly mismanaged the central program for promoting solar energy in India. Despite a massive crash in solar component prices, demand in India […]
June 21, 2013
Alion Energy, the California based company wants to reduce solar energy costs. Alion Energy was founded in 2008 and is an EPC and O&M solutions provider. Alion […]
June 21, 2013
The Indian states have been building large amount of solar capacity through the reverse auction process of giving out solar power farms to developers. The prices […]
June 20, 2013
Siemens to close its last solar shop – Solel Energy Siemens is now getting out of the solar business, with its decision to shut down Solel […]
June 19, 2013
Net Metering Distributed solar energy is growing at an exponential rate with 80,000 homes in the US installing solar panels last year, raising the total to […]
June 18, 2013
I recently wrote about the rising solar panel defects noticed in the solar industry. There have been recent incidents that talk about the faulty solar modules and […]
June 17, 2013
Tamil Nadu has been at the forefront of green energy generation in India, with almost half of the country’s wind energy capacity. The state has also […]