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December 22, 2016

Should Sunpower Close Its Solar Cell And Panel Manufacturing Business Given The Chinese Price Pressure

Sunpower to Reduce Total Manufacturing Capacity to 1-1.5 GW Sunpower is one of the largest solar cell and module manufacturers in the world and one of the […]
December 21, 2016

Will The Chinese Solar Market See A “Nuclear Winter” With Target Reduced To Just 110 GW By 2020

Chinese Reduce Their Solar Target The Chinese solar market demand has become the biggest factor behind the fortunes of the global solar manufacturing industry. Most of […]
December 20, 2016

Another Solar Railway Project Is On Track In India

Solar On CST Railway Station India has taken up a mammoth task to install a 100 GW of solar power to eradicate its power problems. In […]
December 16, 2016

What You Need To Know About India’s First Solar Powered Village

More and More Indian Villages are Now Becoming Energy-Independent Located at the foot of Ayodhya hills, in the Purulia district of West Bengal, Pandri was the […]
December 14, 2016

Has Rooftop Solar In India Finally Reached A Tipping Point At 8 Cents Price Per Unit

Solar Rooftop India Prices Solar rooftop has been the ugly baby of India’s renewable energy industry. Despite tall promises made by the Indian government to install […]
December 13, 2016

Due To A Gargantuan Number Of Solar Installations, China Puts a Hard Stop To New PV Plants

China – Solar Energy China has seen a huge surge of solar energy installations in 2016 which has never been seen before in the history of […]
December 9, 2016

Global Solar Trackers To Grow 400% Over Next 5 Years

Solar Trackers To Become $5 Billion Annual Market Solar Trackers have become a mainstream technology which is increasingly being used in grid scale solar panel plants. […]
December 6, 2016

Massive Installation Of Polysilicon Capacity Could Lead To Lower Prices Going Forward

 Why Polysilicon Producers Are Facing Issues The whole solar supply chain has been hit in the last few months as overcapacity and lower demand has formed […]
December 1, 2016

India’s Anti-Cash Drive Has An Unlikely Victim – Solar Developers

Affect of Demonetization on Indian Solar Industry The largely cash driven economy of India has seen a major hiccup in transactions after a landmark move by […]
November 30, 2016

Radioactive Wasteland To Bloom With Solar Energy Panels in Ukraine

Solar Power Plant on Ukraine’s Wasteland The Chernobyl nuclear disaster had laid waste to a large swathe of land in Ukraine which has been lying unused […]
November 29, 2016

First Solar Goes Into Major Restructuring Phase

FSLR Plans to Launch a Super Large And Cheap Solar Panel Western solar manufacturers face an existential crisis almost every few years, as the Chiense solar […]
November 28, 2016

Large Chinese Solar Manufacturers Make High Margins And Revenues Even As The Other Companies Faces Existential Crisis

Global Overcapacity in Solar Industry Unlike the last downturn, large Chinese solar companies such as Canadian Solar, JA Solar, Hanwha Q-Cells and Jinko Solar have reported […]
November 25, 2016

Adani Looks To Build Solar Power In Australia As Giant Coal Mine Does Not Get Approved

India’s Adani conglomerate is looking to build a portfolio of 1500 MW of solar power capacity in Australia and is already in advanced stages to build […]
November 22, 2016

The Fate of Solar Industry Amidst Falling Panel Prices, Overcapacity in China and Trump led America

Where will Solar Industry Go From Here… Solar energy has been witnessing an overwhelming response from all around the world. The technology has not only been […]
November 21, 2016

India Reduces The Reference Rate For Grid Solar Power To Just USD 6 Cents/kWh

New Reference Rate in India Solar power costs in India have been plummeting to new lows every year, due to the falling costs of solar panels […]
November 17, 2016

A Trump Win Is A Disaster For The Global Solar Energy Industry And Global Warming

Global Solar Industry under Trump’s eye While people are still trying to figure out how Trump will implement new polices on immigration, trade and other areas, […]
November 16, 2016

Adani Becomes Cost Uncompetitive Even Before Starting Its New 1200 MW Solar Factory

India’s Adani Cost Uncompetitive Already The Indian manufacturing companies have not been successful despite pouring in a lot of money to build almost 5000 MW of […]
November 15, 2016

China Slashes Its 150 GW Solar Target by 2020 to just 110 GW Due to Grid Issues

Solar Slowdown in China The Chinese government is reportedly cutting its target for solar capacity additions from 150 GW in 2020 to just 110 GW. The […]
November 14, 2016

Solar in India exceeds Wind for the first time, Expect this Trend to Continue

Solar>Wind in India While solar energy hogs all the headlines in India, it is to be remembered that India has the world’s 4th largest capacity of […]
November 11, 2016

Indian Government and Its Companies Create a Giant Equity Fund to Keep The Solar Momentum Going

$2 billion Equity Fund for RE in India We at Greenworldinvestor had recently highlighted the problems being faced by the Indian solar industry in getting equity to […]
November 10, 2016

Revenues Fall Off a Cliff for Chinese Solar Companies as Demand Plummets in World’s Biggest Market

Falling Sales for Solar Companies in China China remains the biggest driver for renewable energy demand whether it is solar or wind energy. China installed a […]
November 8, 2016

Suzlon Continues to Execute well on its Solar Strategy of Develop, Build and Sell

Suzlon Solar Strategy Suzlon which is India’s largest wind turbine manufacturer entered the solar space last year. The company is using its expertise in wind farm […]
November 7, 2016

Indian Rooftop Solar Companies Hunt for Equity in this Fast Growing Cash Guzzling Sector

Solar Rooftop Financing In India While a lot has been said about the debt financing needs of India’s rapidly growing solar industry, little has been said […]
November 4, 2016

Solarworld Merrily Destroys Cash for Shareholders as it Continues Slide down to Another Bankruptcy

Solarworld headed towards Bankruptcy Solarworld the German firm which used to be one of the largest solar panel producers in 2008 has become a shadow of […]
November 3, 2016

Elon’s Rooftop Solar Ruse Meant To Get Tesla Shareholder’s Acceptance Of Dying SolarCity

Acquisition of SolarCity by Tesla SolarCity Corp (NASDAQ:SCTY)  is a dying company as its business model of financing rooftop solar energy in USA is slowing down, […]
November 2, 2016

India’s Black Sheep State Jammu and Kashmir Finally Introduces Net Metering Policy For Solar Energy

Net metering policy in J&K India’s hilly state of Jammu and Kashmir is one of the worst states in administration of electricity. The state doles out […]
November 1, 2016

Bureaucratic Wrangling Leads To Project Date Extension by Uttarakand – Bonanza For Developers

Solar Power in Uttarakhand Another hilly state of Uttarakhand has seen huge bureaucratic wrangling, leading to a delay in signing PPAs with solar power developers who […]
October 31, 2016

Gamesa to set up 130 MW Solar Plants in India

Gamesa – Solar Power in India We at Greenworldinvestor have talked about the benefits of going solar. The technology is slowly but steadily gaining mass attention […]
October 27, 2016

Indian state Jharkhand junks its solar contracts as it finds them too Costly

Many Indian states have become slightly crazy with their solar power commitments going overboard without having the capacity or real need to do so. The Indian […]
October 26, 2016

India’s biggest solar power risk becomes a reality as bankrupt distribution utilities delay/refuse to buy

The biggest risk cited by developers and investors in India’s renewable energy industry is the ability of the distribution utilities to pay them for the power […]