{"id":7445,"date":"2012-09-30T15:55:59","date_gmt":"2012-09-30T10:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenworldinvestor.com\/?p=7445"},"modified":"2012-09-30T15:55:59","modified_gmt":"2012-09-30T10:25:59","slug":"the-gwi-weekly-newsletter-did-you-miss-anything-3-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/2012\/09\/30\/the-gwi-weekly-newsletter-did-you-miss-anything-3-3\/","title":{"rendered":"The GWI Weekly Newsletter \u2013 Did You Miss Anything?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>All posts published on GWI for the Week Ending 30th September, 2012:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenworldinvestor.com\/2012\/09\/24\/solar-cities-in-india-%E2%80%93-what-you-need-to-know-about-this-bureaucratic-pork-barrel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Solar Cities in India \u2013 What you need to Know About this Bureaucratic Pork Barrel<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">India\u2019s <strong>Ministry of New and Renewable Energy<\/strong> (MNRE) has come out with a scheme to promote the use of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenworldinvestor.com\/2011\/04\/07\/solar-power-in-india-all-you-wanted-to-know-solar-power-plantssolar-panel-manufacturersinstallersinverter-companiessubsidiesjnnsmtariffsrecrpo-and-technologypvsolar-thermal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">solar energy in India<\/a>. Known as \u201c<strong>Solar Cities<\/strong>\u2019, 60 cities across India have been chosen&#8230;&#8230;. key highlights of the Solar Cities program &#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenworldinvestor.com\/2012\/09\/24\/geothermal-energy-the-new-green-for-gujarat-after-solar-and-wind\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Geothermal Energy \u2013 The New \u201cGreen\u201d for Gujarat after Solar and Wind<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">While Tamil Nadu has India\u2019s largest share of renewable energy mostly due to its 40% share of the installed wind energy in India, <strong>Gujarat<\/strong> has rapidly expanded its wind and solar&#8230;&#8230;.. Geothermal Energy in India like other places in the world is moving at a snail\u2019s pace&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenworldinvestor.com\/2012\/09\/25\/nine-must-read-solar-stories-things-we-found-interesting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nine Must Read Solar Stories \u2013 What We Found Interesting<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">9 Top Solar Stories Of the World&#8230;..<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenworldinvestor.com\/2012\/09\/25\/why-germany-has-the-highest-solar-power-capacity-in-the-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Why Germany has the Highest Solar Power Capacity in the World<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Germany<\/strong> is the definite number one solar power country in the world&#8230;&#8230;.28 GW of solar is connected to the grid&#8230;&#8230; The Germany Renewable Energy Act &#8230;&#8230;\u00a0 How does a feed-in tariff scheme work?<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenworldinvestor.com\/2012\/09\/25\/wind-energy-jobs-cut-sharply-by-largest-green-company-siemens-due-to-us-tax-grants-expiry-and-european-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wind Energy Jobs Cut sharply by Largest Green Company Siemens due to US Tax Grants Expiry and European Crisis<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The world\u2019s largest green company <strong>Siemens<\/strong> is taking drastic measures to cut costs at its Renewable Energy unit&#8230;..Note the cleantech industry is facing massive competitive pressure&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; Wind Energy Problems in USA&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. Wind Energy Problems in Germany<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenworldinvestor.com\/2012\/09\/26\/chinese-government-on-diplomatic-overdrive-as-anti-dumping-duties-on-solar-exports-threatens-thousands-of-solar-jobs\/http:\/\/www.greenworldinvestor.com\/2012\/09\/26\/chinese-government-on-diplomatic-overdrive-as-anti-dumping-duties-on-solar-exports-threatens-thousands-of-solar-jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chinese Government on Diplomatic Overdrive as Anti Dumping Duties on Solar Exports Threatens Thousands of Solar Jobs<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>India<\/strong> has become the latest country to contemplate <strong>anti dumping duties<\/strong> on imports of Chinese solar panels&#8230;&#8230;. The main reason for the crash in solar panel prices has been the relentless cost cutting and growth of Chinese &#8230;&#8230;.. Chinese diplomacy is going into overdrive to prevent Europe from imposing harsh duties on Chinese solar modules<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenworldinvestor.com\/2012\/09\/26\/residential-solar-financing-in-india-indian-banks-make-an-entry-as-grid-parity-is-reached\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Residential Solar Financing in India \u2013 Indian Banks make an entry as Grid Parity is Reached<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The price of solar power systems has come down drastically in India&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; <strong>Solar Lamps<\/strong> have been successful in India mainly due to their economic utility&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. Note 100,000 Indian villages do not have electricity yet,&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; India\u2019s 4<sup>th<\/sup> largest public sector <strong>Bank of India<\/strong> partnering with an India solar company <strong>Solid Solar<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenworldinvestor.com\/2012\/09\/26\/solar-and-wind-power-decrease-electricity-costs-across-europe-deflating-renewable-energy-critics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Solar and Wind Power Decrease Electricity Costs across Europe deflating Renewable Energy Critics<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Europe<\/strong> through enlightened green power policies has installed massive <strong>Renewable Energy<\/strong> capacities &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. Solar Energy has been contributing heavily to Germany\u2019s electricity power mix<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenworldinvestor.com\/2012\/09\/27\/can-indian-government-etf-cpse-revive-the-dead-equity-etf-market-in-india\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Can Indian Government ETF CPSE Revive the Dead Equity ETF Market in India<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The world\u2019s biggest equity market in USA continues to see massive flow of money out of traditional mutual funds into <strong>ETFs<\/strong>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. There are a number of reasons why equity ETFS in India have not caught on&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; The ETF market in India may see a revival due to an unexpected source \u2013 <strong>Government of India<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenworldinvestor.com\/2012\/09\/27\/trina-solar-panel-reviews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trina Solar Panel Reviews<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Trina Solar<\/strong> is one of the lowest cost manufacturers of Solar Panels in the World right now&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. Like Yingli and Suntech, Trina Solar Panels are one the best quality amongst <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenworldinvestor.com\/2011\/03\/17\/china-solar-booming-chinese-solar-panels-pricescostreviewbest-manufacturerstrinasuntech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chinese Solar Panels<\/a>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. Founded in 1997, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinasolar.com\/ap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trina Solar<\/a> is one of the world\u2019s foremost PV companies.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenworldinvestor.com\/2012\/09\/27\/slash-cut-and-fire-nomura-boa-deutsche-bank-go-on-a-pink-slip-spree\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Slash, Cut and Fire \u2013 Nomura, BOA, Deutsche Bank go on a Pink Slip Spree<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Investment Banking<\/strong> Jobs are becoming scarcer and scarcer as the industry continues to retrench&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. I-Banks can no longer support the bloated expensive workforce&#8230;&#8230;.. <strong>Bank of America<\/strong> which went on a buying binge is now being forced to reduce&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. <strong>Nomura<\/strong>, the Japanese Bank which had visions<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenworldinvestor.com\/2012\/09\/28\/solar-water-heater-companies-in-india-to-shine-as-indian-cities-surat-kolkata-make-swh-mandatory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Solar Water Heater Companies in India to shine as Indian Cities (Surat, Kolkata) make SWH Mandatory<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">20 already account for 30% of the total water heating market&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. Given the rising prices of power, solar water heaters have become increasingly attractive&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. Surat and other cities make it mandatory for commercial establishments and houses to switch to solar water heaters.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenworldinvestor.com\/2012\/09\/28\/ldk-solar-panel-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LDK Solar Panel Review<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>LDK Solar<\/strong> is one of the biggest producer of solar wafers that are used by crystalline solar panels. LDK Solar was established in 2005 in China&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ldksolar.com\/pro_module_mul.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LDK Solar<\/a> manufactures and markets multicrystalline and monocrystalline wafers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenworldinvestor.com\/2012\/09\/28\/bulgarian-solar-industry-in-spanish-deja-vu-as-investors-sue-government-over\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bulgarian Solar Industry in Spanish D\u00e9j\u00e0 vu as Investors Sue Government Over<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The Bulgarian Government is set to face numerous lawsuits from investors in solar power plants&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. <strong>Bulgaria<\/strong> had given a very generous <strong>solar feed in tariff<\/strong> which has attracted solar developers&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; The returns were enormous for these investors as solar panel prices have crashed<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenworldinvestor.com\/2012\/09\/29\/suntech-solar-panels-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Suntech Solar Panels Review<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Suntech<\/strong> was the world\u2019s biggest producer of solar panels in 2010&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. It has started to vertically integrate in order to meet the low cost challenge from Trina and Yingli&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; Suntech makes one of the best quality Solar Panels in China&#8230;&#8230;.The Suntech Solar Modules can be broadly divided for: Residential, Commercial &amp; Utility Scale purposes.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenworldinvestor.com\/2012\/09\/30\/auo-solar-panels-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AUO Solar Panels Review<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">AU Optronics is one of the world\u2019s leading LCD panel manufacturers&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. BenQ Solar, is a division of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.auo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AU Optronics<\/a>. It a whole new solar brand. &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. BenQ Solar as product brand name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All posts published on GWI for the Week Ending 30th September, 2012: Solar Cities in India \u2013 What you need to Know About this Bureaucratic Pork<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-greeninvest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7445\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}