Japan to slow down on Solar Japan could be the biggest risk to solar demand in 2015, as the country is facing grid connection issues and changes in FIT. Japan has seen a massive boom in solar demand in 2013 and 2014 with generous FIT leading to a huge ramp up in solar capacity installations […]
China instals 25% of Global Solar Energy China missed its 12 GW solar installation target for 2014, as it only managed to install 2 GW of distributed solar capacity for 10.6 GW of overall solar energy capacity. While large scale solar farms met their target of 8 GW, distributed solar energy could not catch up. […]
Suzlon to turnaround Sun Pharma is India’s largest pharma company by value and one of the largest generic companies in the world. The company has grown at a rapid pace in the last few years and has been the poster child of India’s pharma industry, which has become a big success after India’s IT industry. […]
India to solve teething issues before seeing actual RE investments Almost each new day sees a major renewable energy developer announcing multi gigawatt investment plans in India. Adanis announced a 10 GW solar investment in Rajasthan and so did the Essel Group, which has not built even 50 MW till date. Even major US developers […]
Germany to move to Reverse Auction Germany has been the most successful country in installing solar power with more than 35 GW of cumulative solar power installed. The success came due to the country’s enlightened EEG law, which decreased solar FITs every year without putting hard caps on solar installations. This led to a continuous […]
Despite being a low income country with millions of unskilled workers, India imports large amounts of manufactured low valued added products from foreign countries, which could be easily made domestically. Stupid policies, red tape and high cost of land and capital has made India weak in manufacturing. The new government wants to really push manufacturing […]