March 2014

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 […]