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April 8, 2014

High flying Chinese solar billionaire Xiaofeng Peng faces bankruptcy with LDK death

The Chinese Billionaire faces bankruptcy Xiaofeng Peng used to be one of the richest Chinese billionaires in 2008, when his company LDK Solar (LDK) went into […]
April 7, 2014

India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu gets 1000 applications for Solar Rooftop Subsidies

India has been mostly concentrating its subsidies on large ground mounted grid connected solar plants, with federal and state subsidies going to these installations. There has […]
April 4, 2014

SMA going the Q-Cells way as it racks up a 90 million Euro loss on almost 40% lower revenues in 2013

We at Greenworldivnestor have written many times that SMA Solar is a bad story to invest in, given the major structural changes that have taken place […]
April 3, 2014

The Perils of Solar Investing in Politically Risky Regions – Activ Solar faces Crimea FIT abolition

Investing in solar energy plants is not easy, given the multiple risks that this new form of energy entails. Despite solar energy capacity growing by more […]
April 2, 2014

Why we think India is a Half Dead Solar Manufacturing Industry

The Sorry State of Affairs for the Indian Solar Industry The Indian Solar Manufacturing Industry is in a very bad shape due to intense competition from […]
April 1, 2014

CDB to grant Credit to another Chinese Solar Company

GCL Poly Granted Credit Line In the wake of overcapacity and the Chinese Government’s decision to discontinue giving financial aid to 80% of its companies, another […]
March 28, 2014

More problems for the DCR projects queued up in India

Further Delay expected for the DCR projects in India Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission Phase II in India emphasized on the generation of solar power through […]
March 27, 2014

Good News for the Indian Solar Industry

New Support Scheme for the Indian PSUs There are talks about new PV support schemes for the Indian state owned companies/ PSUs. These plans have been […]
March 26, 2014

Revision in the Minimum floor price set between EU-China and its Implications

Price now set at 0.53 Euros/Watt China has basically eaten up the global solar industry because of its low cost of production. The big daddies of […]
March 25, 2014

Trina Solar Strengthening its position by buying Rival Companies

The Solar Industry is witnessing some big time consolidations since the last one year. Recently Trina Solar (TSL) acquired a controlling stake of 51% in the […]
March 24, 2014

South Australia continues to see increasing penetration of Solar Energy amongst Households

More & more Households in Australia become “Solarized” Solar energy in Australia has boomed in the last few years, due to an influx of cheap Chinese […]
March 21, 2014

GT Advanced pulls out another rabbit out of its hat – Merlin

GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT) never fails to surprise by pulling out  billion dollar inventions in a regular manner. The company has been a hotbed of innovation […]
March 20, 2014

Solar in United Kingdom booms as Renewable Obligations provide a good ROI

Reasons for Solar boom in UK Solar energy in UK is booming, with more than 2000 MW of solar energy expected to be installed in the […]
March 19, 2014

China set to impose a volume/price quota on European Polysilicon in a solar panel quid pro quo

Volume/ Price Quota by China Europe recently negotiated with China to set up a volume and price quota for solar panels imported from China. This was […]
March 18, 2014

Solar Demand in 2013 rockets to 37000000000 Watts as Asia becomes Prime Driver

Solar Demand driven by Asia Solar energy demand in 2013 rocketed to 37 GW up almost 25% from 2012, as China became the largest demand driver […]
March 14, 2014

Solar Wafers and Polysilicon see increasing Demand from downstream Solar Cell and Panel Producers

Increasing Demand for Solar Wafer & Polysilicon The demand for solar wafers is starting to outstrip supply in certain regions as solar panel demand has increased […]
March 13, 2014

Solarworld continues to implode despite Qatari Investment

Solarworld goes on and on its frugal journey Flamboyant CEO of Solarworld has failed to turn around the beleaguered German solar producer despite all his bravado. […]
March 12, 2014

Chaori Solar goes bust as it defaults on domestic Bond Coupon payments, company unlikely to recover

Chaori Solar Energy defaults its Bond Payments Shanghai Chaori Solar Energy has officially defaulted on its domestic bond payments after the company could not come up […]
March 11, 2014

India’s Solar Cell Makers continue to languish in Restructuring Limbo

Indian Solar Industry resort to Restructuring India’s solar cell and panel makers continue to restructure their debt, as their plants are not able to compete with […]
March 10, 2014

Prepaid Solar gains traction amongst Bottom of the pyramid customers in the Third World

Prepaid Solar One of the biggest problems in the growth of solar energy is the capital cost which accounts for almost 90% of the total lifetime […]
March 7, 2014

Polysilicon makes a comeback as Solar Demand starts to stretch supply

Polysilicon makes a comeback After an extremely bad couple of years which saw many of the older Polysilicon plants closing and prices crashing by almost 80%, […]
March 6, 2014

Solar Powered Toys For Kids

Solar Powered Toys Solar Power has tremendously become popular these days. More and more people are switching towards solar energy in their day to day life. […]
March 5, 2014

Solar Energy Farms Investment generates Alpha for the Hedge Fund Community

Solar energy is starting to see an increase in investments from hedge funds and private equity firms as the industry grows in size. More than $250 […]
March 4, 2014

LDK and Suntech both look to Chapter 15 Bankruptcy protection from the US Courts

Even as the solar industry and companies are enjoying sunny times due to the large demand growth in 2014, the debt laden leaders of yesteryears are […]
March 3, 2014

India’s Giant State Owned Oil and Gas Companies look to make big investments in large Solar Farms

Indian Oil and Gas companies to invest in Solar India’s large state owned oil and gas companies are looking to invest a huge amount of money […]
February 28, 2014

Solar Powered Ceiling Fans

Solar powered Ceiling Fans Solar Power is increasingly finding applications today. Another breakthrough in the solar industry is solar powered ceiling fan. A must have for […]
February 27, 2014

Portable Solar Powered Houses

Solar Powered Portable House A new innovation in the solar industry – Solar Powered Portable houses. Solar energy is increasingly finding applications both in residential and […]
February 26, 2014

TSL buys a Controlling Stake in Hubei Hongyuan

TSL buys 51% in HYPV Trina Solar (TSL) buys a controlling stake of 51% in the Chinese Solar company Hubei Hongyuan Photovoltaic Technology Co. Ltd. The […]
February 25, 2014

Polysilicon supply and demand to remain roughly in balance in 2014

No signs of increase in Poly prices Solar panel prices have increased sharply over the last one year from the catastrophically low levels reached during 2012. […]
February 24, 2014

USA going bananas with its Solar Trade Policies – Taiwan in the crosshairs

USA cannot have best of both the worlds USA is going bananas with its solar trade policy and seems to have little clue on what to […]