Solar Industry
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 22, 2013
FSLR thinks Indian Regulatory system to be “relatively sophisticated” India has been a big market for the US based First Solar (FSLR), with the company already […]
May 22, 2013
Solar News 1) Is Global Solar Trade Peace in the works 2) After Czech and Spain, Greece introduces retroactive taxes on solar plants 3) Sunpower to pair solar energy […]
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 21, 2013
Solar Powered Rickshaws Solar energy descends into another major area of pollution in India. It is the three wheeled auto rickshaws this time. The auto rickshaws […]
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 17, 2013
Consolidation in the Solar Inverter Industry The Solar Industry is becoming much more fragmented with the rise of the Japanese and Chinese markets. Top solar inverter […]
May 16, 2013
Solar Industry sees some Positive Light The recent news flow in the solar industry has started taking a positive slant with increasing panel prices and resurgent […]
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 7, 2013
Solar News 1) Italy installs 170 MW of solar energy in March 2) Indian states start a capital subsidy for rooftop solar power plants 3) Indian […]
May 6, 2013
Solar News 1) Asian Development Bank puts $30 million into pure play renewable Indian company NSL Renewables 2) Indian solar developers lobby to stop anti dumping […]
April 29, 2013
Solar News 1) Yingli Energy gets a $165 million loan from China Development Bank (CDB) for working capital and other purposes (LDK and Renesola have got loans […]
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 23, 2013
India should fight back by imposing duties on Solar Panel Imports The Indian government has finally woken up and taken the fight to the US in […]
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 17, 2013
Solar News 1) Second Tier Solar Panel shippers gain the most in 2012 while Japanese make somewhat of a comeback. First Solar, Sharp and Suntech lose the […]
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 12, 2013
Japanese Solar Boom The Japanese solar market has been booming in the last year, thanks to a very generous feed in subsidy being given by the […]
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 5, 2013
Solar News 1) Brightsource cancels its 2nd big solar thermal power plant – CSP 0 – Solar PV 10 2) India company bets big on the […]
April 2, 2013
Solar News 1) Taiwanese JV Powertec (between UMC and SAS) pushes ahead with future polysilicon plans despite the current glut 2) India installs roughly 1 GW in 2012 […]
April 1, 2013
Solar News 1) SMA Solar global market share sinks to 25% in 2012 from 40% 2) European companies see their shares in Solar EPC market dropping; Indian player […]
March 28, 2013
I had earlier written about how India is being made a sucker by the US government which has filed a case against India at the WTO, […]
March 20, 2013
1) Japanese solar market to explode to 6 GW in 2013 according to IHS 2) Jinko Solar is hopeful of industry turnaround by 2013 end 3) […]
March 19, 2013
Clean Jobs More than 3 million clean jobs were available across the United States in 2012, according to new research from Ecotech Institute. The first-ever “Clean […]