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November 12, 2013

Suntech goes into Liquidation, will Equity Holders get Anything

Suntech Liquidating Suntech which is the largest solar bankruptcy case in China is slowly shutting down. After its main operating subsidiary Wuxi Suntech was declared insolvent, there […]
November 8, 2013

Green Energy Faces Moment of Truth in Germany as Green Power Subsidy surges to 8.5c/KwH

Green Power Subsidy in Germany Germany has been the biggest reason for the success of solar energy growth, as its EEG law allowed big solar panel […]
November 7, 2013

Chinese Solar Panel Domestic Demand to account for almost 1/3rd of Global Solar Demand in 2014

China Solar Industry China was always supposed to be the holy grail which would lead the solar panel industry to great profitability. In 2010 and 2011 […]
November 6, 2013

Solar Frauds hit both India and China as Sunrise Industry Attracts Scamsters

Indian and Chinese Solar Frauds India and China are not only very large fast growing economies but very corrupt ones as well. Greenworldinvestor readers would already […]
October 31, 2013

Energy Storage – The Time is coming as 20 Fold Growth expected in next 10 Years

Energy Storage Solar energy is no longer a fringe pastime for tree lovers but a $100 billion industry these days with 35 GW of installation expected […]
October 29, 2013

Tamil Nadu – Be the first one amongst the 50,000 Solar Home Subsidy Applications for a 20% ROI

Solar in India is rapidly reaching mainstream status and you can find solar products in the daily lives of people even without government subsidies. Here is […]
October 28, 2013

Is Solar really going to touch 50 GW with a 50% Growth in 2014 – Be careful while investing as Solar Stocks soar

Investment in Solar Solar commentary these days has become hugely bullish as solar stocks touch new highs. Sunpower, Trina Solar, Canadian Solar are all reaching their […]
October 24, 2013

The Upstream Solar Supply Chain finally sees some "Sunrays of ASP Hike"

The solar panel industry has been on a major upswing in 2013, with stock prices doubling even tripling for major solar panel makers such as Trina […]
October 23, 2013

Solar Inverter Market Sees Huge Price Pressure even as the Module Market Stabilizes

Solar Inverter Market The Solar Inverter Market is seeing increasing pressure of competition even as the solar panel prices have started to stabilize. The solar module […]
October 22, 2013

Innovation picks up Pace as Solar Industry Size Grows and Makes Inventions Lucrative

Inventions in Solar Industry The solar industry is seeing new applications and innovation by industry veterans as the industry grows out of its infancy stage. The […]
October 21, 2013

Solar Glass – Chinese Domination and Cut Throat Pricing Eliminates Asahi Glass

Asahi Glass to exit Solar Glass Business? China is starting to dominate all parts of the crystalline solar supply chain. The country earlier used to dominate […]
October 18, 2013

Imploding Suntech should see Final Closure with Asset Sale – Stockholders will get Nothing

Suntech has been the poster child of Chinese solar failure after the company stopped bond payments earlier this year and its top management was unceremoniously shown […]
October 17, 2013

NREL Sets New World Record with Two-Junction Solar Cell

Scientist Myles Steiner has announced that The Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has set a new world record at 31.1% for a two-junction solar cell. The research […]
October 17, 2013

Retail Solar Financing comes of Age in India

Retail Solar Financing At Greenworldinvestor, we have always thought that the country’s needs would be more served if the government stopped subsidizing the large massive solar […]
October 15, 2013

Hoarding of Japanese Solar Permits comes under METI Scrutiny

METI to Survey The Japanese Solar Farms The Japanese solar boom has continued unabated over the last one and half years with massive FITs leading to […]
October 14, 2013

First Solar sells Manufacturing Site for a 60 million Loss as Future Expansion off the Cards

First Solar sells Assets at Loss We have been consistently bearish on First Solar during the entire rally of the solar sector in the last one […]
October 8, 2013

China Increases Support For Chinese Solar Panel Makers

China’s solar industry has been making huge losses for the past 2 years and despite improvement in fundamentals this year, most companies are still in the […]
October 7, 2013

First Solar to buy a 250 MW Solar Project in Nevada from ex-Goldman Execs

USA solar company First Solar has been facing issues of its declining solar system backlog even as its solar modules remain non-competitive with crystalline solar modules made by most […]
October 4, 2013

Can the Taiwanese Cell Producers Threaten the Chinese Solar Giants

Taiwan’s Fate – A Niche Solar Player or Top Solar Producer Taiwanese cell producers such as Gintech, Motech, Neo Solar power etc. have been making hay, […]
October 3, 2013

Fact or Fiction – Is India's JNNSM Solar Subsidy Scheme a Fraud

JNNSM A Fraud? India has been rocked by scams in almost all industrial sectors be it telecom, aviation, real estate, construction, defence etc. Renewable energy is not immune to the general […]
October 2, 2013

Can Solar Demand Increase by 30% in 2015 and Cause Supply Shortages?

Solar Demand 2015 Deutsche Bank has recently come out with very aggressive demand projections for 2014, saying that the demand will shoot up to 45 GW […]
September 26, 2013

USA Solar Group comes up with Weird Plan to Stop US-China Solar Trade War

The USA China scenario USA and China have been fighting a big solar trade war since last year, even though the solar product trade continues briskly […]
September 25, 2013

Tier 1 Solar Panel Companies to benefit from Chinese Government Cap on Capacity Increase

Chinese Government to Restrict the Chinese Solar Industry The Chinese government is set to issue a blanket stop on all PV capacity increase due to the […]
September 24, 2013

Castle in the Air – Indian Government owned Companies plan 4000 GW Solar PV Plant

Now Indian Government companies to build a Solar Plant in Rajasthan Major Indian government owned companies such as BHEL, Hindustan Salt etc. have come together to […]
September 23, 2013

Indian Solar Industry Unlikely to ever Recover from its Pygmytized State

The Indian Solar Industry in a Dire state The Indian solar industry has been clamoring for AD duties on cheap solar panel imports for a long […]
September 20, 2013

Solar Developers hit with Fraud allegations in Czech as the Country reels from a Massive Solar Bust

Czech Solar Developers Accused The Czech Republic has witnessed the biggest solar boom in the world relative to its economy. The country saw a huge increase […]
September 13, 2013

US Think Tank that Subsidies not a source for Chinese Solar Competitiveness

Subsidies and Low Labor cost not the reason for Chinese Solar Competitiveness NREL and MIT don’t think that low wage costs and generous subsidies are driving […]
September 9, 2013

Indian Solar Industry slows down as State and Federal Ambitions Fail desperately Short

Slowdown in the Indian Solar Industry The India solar growth story is sputtering, with only 1500 MW of solar capacity getting installed till date. The main […]
September 6, 2013

SunEdison to sell its Original Core Semi Business – What a Turnaround

SunEdison to sell its Semiconductor Division SunEdison Inc. (SUNE) the US based solar and semiconductor company is going to spin off its semiconductor division to focus solely […]
September 3, 2013

India caves in to USA Pressure by allowing Domestic Content for Solar Modules only in part

One of the main reasons for India’s current economic issues is the total absence of decent leadership in the country. The country’s politicians are so busy […]