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April 12, 2016

India’s small northern state increase solar target by 150% giving equal importance to Rooftop Solar

Rooftop Solar in Haryana India’s small northern state of Haryana, which is located adjacent to the capital Delhi has been a bit slow in installing and […]
April 11, 2016

Solar Shock – Mexico sees record low of 3.5 cents per units in a new solar auction

Solar Power Mexico Low solar tariffs being bid across the world have continuously shocked policy makers and analysts with their drastically low bids. In many cases, […]
April 7, 2016

India conventional power generators to face threat from solar power – finally dawns on Moody’s

Solar Power threat to Indian Utilities Most rating agencies are a bit slow compared to other research organizations. Moody’s has come out with a paid report […]
March 31, 2016

India to finally fight back against USA double standards in targeting India’s domestic solar manufacturing promotion policy

We have at numerous times criticized the USA government for targeting India’s domestic content policy to promote solar manufacturing in the country, through a limited capacity […]
March 29, 2016

Even IHS thinks that Polysilicon prices could see a sharp jump in Prices

Polysilicon prices set to rise We at Greenworldinvestor have become bullish on polysilicon companies because low prices have made major producers stall capacity growth, even as […]
March 28, 2016

Is the failure of the Ivanpah the final death knell of the Solar Thermal technology?

We at Greenworldinvestor had sounded the end of the solar thermal technology almost 3 years ago, when we had said the technology was no longer competitive […]
March 24, 2016

India’s tribal state of Jharkhand receives high solar tariff bids due to Land acquisition and Discom health issues

Jharkhand high Solar Tariffs The two biggest risks in India’s utility solar market came to haunt India’s tribal state of Jharkand’s solar reverse auction for 1.2 […]
March 18, 2016

Spain’s hostile Solar policy towards home owners may change with the ruling party

Spain’s Solar Policy Spanish policy towards solar energy has been hostile over the last 5 years, after a solar boom in 2008 led to a massive […]
March 16, 2016

Will the Ease of doing business in India, really ease the Solar business in India

Ease of doing solar business in India India stood 142nd in the Ease of Doing Business ranking in 2015, compiled by the World Bank. The country […]
March 15, 2016

Solar power in India to double in 2016 and again double in 2017

Solar Growth in India – 2016 & 2017 Solar power in India is set to double to 4-5 GW in 2016, from around 2 GW in […]
March 11, 2016

Annual Performance of Chinese Solar companies in 2015

Top Chinese Solar Companies Performance – 2015 As FY2015 comes to an end, and most of the solar companies have declared their full year results, let […]
March 8, 2016

USA, China and India could power 93% of incremental Solar growth in 2016

USA, China and India to be big solar markets in 2016 With the new year starting, global solar forecasts are coming in thick and fast. Forecasts […]
March 4, 2016

China buys up another distressed European solar company on the cheap

The Chinese have not only killed a once flourishing European solar industry through sheer economics of scale, cheap costs and government support, but have also bought […]
March 1, 2016

SunEdison shutters high cost USA polysilicon and wafer facilities to conserve cash

SunEdison is closing its polysilicon and solar wafer production facilities in USA as the company hunts for cash, since solvency fears have risen due to increasing […]
February 26, 2016

China starts capturing marketshare in the Solar Capital Equipment market as well

Chinese Solar Inverter industry set to grow China has managed to become the dominant manufacturer of solar wafers to panels in the world, with a market […]
February 25, 2016

China to be the biggest beneficiary of USA foolishness in filing a WTO solar case against India

USA has doggedly fought a case against India solar procurement rules for the last one year and won the case in WTO. We have repeatedly highlighted […]
February 24, 2016

After Solar Wafers, will Polysilicon price rise

Solar wafer producers are having the best 6 months in the last 5 years, as multi wafer prices have increased by 10% in the last 6 […]
February 23, 2016

India set to quadruple its total solar capacity in the next 15 months to an astounding 20 GW – What is the major risk

India Solar Booming – 2016 We have been closely following the solar energy boom in India, with numerous grid sized tenders being floated by the government. […]
February 19, 2016

Why India’s hilly state Himachal Pradesh’s 700 MW solar policy target is stupid

Himachal Pradesh Solar Policy India has got a very ambitious target of installing 100,000 MW of solar power by 2022, up from around 5 GW now. […]
February 18, 2016

India plans for the future – integrating energy storage with solar power plants in tenders

Integrated Solar Storage Tender India India has been issuing massive solar tenders left and right, with almost 10 GW of solar tenders issued by January 2016. […]
February 16, 2016

Japanese solar companies continue to shrink in the global market for solar panels

The Fall of Japanese Solar companies Japanese solar companies such as Sharp, Mitsubishi, Kyocera and Panasonic used to rule the solar market in the last decade. […]
February 15, 2016

USA demand to skyrocket in 2016 as large solar projects achieve completion

USA Solar Market will boom in 2016 USA could become the biggest country in terms of solar demand in 2016 and may just edge out China, […]
February 12, 2016

Erstwhile hero of solar polysilicon industry turns to a zero due to China’s anti-dumping duty on USA

Hard Times for REC Silicon REC Silicon, which is a Norwegian company has turned an unlikely victim of a China USA trade war on solar products. […]
February 10, 2016

China misses its 2015 target by 15%, but still remains the largest source of global demand

China largest Solar Hub China remains the world’s largest source of solar panel demand, despite missing its 2015 target of 17.8 GW by almost 15%. The […]
February 9, 2016

Why Indian solar manufacturing remains down in the dump (s)

 The state of solar manufacturing in India Indian solar manufacturing remains down in the dump, despite the DCR policy implemented by the government last year and […]
February 4, 2016

Why the first solar rooftop and off grid policy by an Indian state is flawed

Maharashtra Rooftop and off Grid Solar policy Maharashtra has become the first state in India to come out with a policy of targeting solar rooftop and […]
February 2, 2016

India continues to see lower solar prices due to high competition and risky bids by companies

The Indian solar market continues to surprise observers with newer lower prices every day conducted in numerous reverse auction solar bids by state government, as well […]
February 1, 2016

Indian government tries to put the WTO Solar Panel favoritism case to rest

The Indian government is proposing a bilateral deal with USA in the domestic content requirements solar case that India had lost earlier. USA had brought a […]
January 29, 2016

China to continue pushing for higher efficiency solar power plants to reform its industry

Higher Efficiency Solar Companies to survive in China China is the world’s largest solar market with more than 16 GW of solar installation in 2015. The […]
January 28, 2016

Professor’s Ignorance on Solar Power Economics in major Newspaper

I am amazed at the ignorance and lack of due diligence done by analysts and academics when they post articles on solar energy in major mainstream […]