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November 23, 2015

India’s Power companies and IPPs scout for equity capital to fund their ambitious plans

India’s power sector has been troubled in the last few years due to a variety of issues. One has been the supply and pricing of fuel. […]
November 20, 2015

UDAY – Can India’s Power Distribution Reforms succeed and allow the solar sector to grow

UDAY – Another Power Sector reform in India India recently restructured its massively sick power distribution sector for a 3rd time in the last 12 years. […]
November 19, 2015

Will global solar demand growth drop to 10% in 2016?

Global solar demand growth IHS has predicted that solar demand growth in 2016 will drop to 10%, to around 65.5 GW up from around 59 GW […]
November 18, 2015

Online solar company plans a $300 million IPO in USA – Why you should stay away

IPO of a Chinese Solar company in USA A Chinese company plans to do a $300 million IPO in USA. The company known as Solar Power […]
November 17, 2015

What a surprise – Oil Giants alleged to suppress Climate change efforts

Exxon, Chevron, BP, Shell, Total and others are being alleged to have suppressed information related to climate change and funding studies and researches, which debunked global […]
November 16, 2015

Solar manufacturers see a surge in volumes, profits and revenues as year-end approaches

Solar booming at 2015 end The last quarter of 2015 is proving to be a great one for solar manufacturers. Massive increase in demand driven by […]
November 13, 2015

Indian solar power prices crash to just 7 cents/kWh with the advent of the Solar Revolution

The Solar Revolution in India Indian solar prices have made a new record low at just 7 cents/kWh. This happened after intense competition led to prices […]
November 10, 2015

Coal India’s decision of building floating solar power plants is stupid

Coal India into Solar? Coal India is one of the world’s largest miners of coal, thanks to its position as the monopoly miner in India. The […]
November 9, 2015

Indian retail investors prove themselves smarter than “dumb” institutional investors with high priced IPOs tanking

Retail investors are generally considered as dumb money while the institutional investors are considered as “smart” money, but apparently this wisdom has reversed in India’s IPO […]
November 6, 2015

With SolarCity crashing near all-time lows, is it a good time to buy

SolarCity down, good time to buy We have been having quite successful last week in terms of our short and long calls in solar energy. One […]
November 5, 2015

Will China’s lower solar power feed in tariffs affect the industry growth?

China Solar & Wind Power Update The world’s largest solar market accounting for almost 30% of the global demand is all set to cut its solar […]
November 4, 2015

Wind Power in India fails to grow; to see zero growth with capacity installs of 2- 2.5 GW annually in next 2-3 years

Slow growth in Wind Power in India Despite wind power being set a target of 50 GW by 2022, which implies an annual run rate of […]
November 3, 2015

Major Indian power producers find low solar tariffs puzzling; unable to make decent returns

Low Solar Tariffs a challenge for Indian producers The massive competition in the Indian solar power sector has led to extremely low tariffs being bid during […]
October 30, 2015

Can Solar Frontier be a major solar player or will it remain a Japan centric player like Sharp

Solar Frontier expanding outside of Japan Solar Frontier is the only major thin film solar company with a > 1 GW capacity other than First Solar. […]
October 29, 2015

P-type Monocrystalline solar panels sees a sharp price decrease; becoming competitive with multi panels

Monocrystalline Technology Monocrystalline technology is starting to become more competitive with multicrystalline technology as we are emphasizing in Greenworldinvestor. The new PERC technology shows better effects […]
October 28, 2015

Dubai gets massive developer interest for its 800 MW second phase solar park project

Dubai’s IInd Phase of Solar Park Project Dubai made news all over the world with the 5.4 cents/kWh PPA that it signed with Saudi Arabian company […]
October 27, 2015

Solar prices rise after a long time of declining due to shortage of capacity

Solar Component prices Rise Solar component prices are showing a slight increase after a very long time of declining. The last time prices increased was in […]
October 26, 2015

The plight of an Indian farmer in achieving his Solar Dream!

Real Story of an Indian Farmer We have been long writing about the plight of the Indian citizens in this country. Whether it is any department, […]
October 23, 2015

Global Unemployment to remain a major concern in our life times

Global Unemployment Unemployment is a major problem for both India and the world and has been repeatedly stressed in our blog over a long period of […]
October 21, 2015

Will monocrystalline silicon panels take over as the main silicon technology from multicrystalline technology?

Monocrystalline is catching up to Multicrystalline technology Monocrystalline silicon panels have long played the little brother role to multicrystalline solar panels, as their higher costs made […]
October 20, 2015

A China solar capacity target increase could lead to possible increase in equipment prices

China is planning to increase its 17.3 GW solar capacity target in 2015 by another 5 GW, as many solar plants are facing issues in getting […]
October 19, 2015

Yieldco meltdown – Valuation correction or business model bust

Yieldco Valuation The yieldco prices have fallen drastically in the last few months, due to the energy sector meltdown that has taken place in the stock […]
October 16, 2015

New Indian distribution electricity reforms are mostly an accounting trick instead of a genuine change

The Indian distribution utilities which are mainly owned by the state governments have been perennially sick, due to the misguided policies followed since a long time. […]
October 13, 2015

Utility solar power costs in USA drop by an astonishing 70% in the last 5 years to just 5c/kWh – Even sharper cuts in the offing

Solar Costs declining fast in USA It is not a revelation that solar power prices and equipment costs have been dropping sharply over the last 5-6 […]
October 12, 2015

SunEdison retreats in its ambitious goals as stock crashes 70% on risk aversion – plans job cuts and cancels acquisitions

SunEdison cuts jobs and cancels Acquisitions SunEdison has been powering ahead in the last one year as the biggest pure play renewable energy developer, buoyed by […]
October 9, 2015

Indian government predicts an incredible 10859 MW of solar capacity installation in FY16, up from just 1000 MW in FY14

The Indian government has been extremely supportive about the solar energy sector making it a cornerstone of its climate change and energy policies. The government has […]
October 8, 2015

India solar developers look to partner with private equity sugar daddies to fuel capital intensive growth

Solar energy in India is the only major game in town for the electricity sector. The growth has become vertical, with tenders being floated left and […]
October 7, 2015

California becomes ground zero of Utility-Rooftop solar fight with monthly fees as center of dispute

California faces Utility-Solar dispute Utilities have been fighting hard to stop the onslaught of solar rooftop installations in various parts of the world. In countries like […]
October 6, 2015

India may set up 250 GW Solar power target by 2030 with 100 GW of Wind capacity

India to install 350 GW of Wind & Solar India is looking to set up an aggressive target to achieve 250 GW of solar power capacity […]
October 5, 2015

Indian rooftop solar companies start seeing large fund infusions from Private Equity players

Funding in Indian Rooftop Solar The Indian rooftop solar market potential is huge with the government setting up a target of 40000 MW, compared to only […]