2015

September 21, 2015

Yingli goes into a debt death spiral, equity investors unlikely to get anything

Yingli Bankruptcy The largest producer of solar panels in 2013 is fast slipping into a point of no return. The last quarterly result of Yingli Green […]
September 18, 2015

India’s Prime Minister gets personally involved to sort out the power distribution mess that is hampering India’s growth story

Problems of the Indian Power Sector We have highlighted the problem of India’s regulatory nightmare in the power sector a number of times. Crazy policies and […]
September 17, 2015

Indian State Government's flip flops put Solar investors in a tizzy

Renewable energy is a relatively new area compared to fossil fuel power, where rapid technology advances and higher costs make it a risky proposition. Investors typically […]
September 16, 2015

India’s capital looks to install a 1000 megawatts of Solar Energy over the next 5 years

Delhi to install 1000 MW of Solar India’s capital Delhi has released a draft solar policy in which the city will install 1000 megawatts of solar […]
September 15, 2015

Solar trackers sees further consolidation with Flextronics getting into the game

Flextronics acquires NEXTracker Solar trackers have been fast gaining traction in recent times in large scale solar utility projects, as they increase the efficiency by 20-40% […]
September 14, 2015

Hanergy implodes as its billion dollar contracts go up in smokes

Hanergy Bubble burst Hanergy has always been criticized by us as a massive valuation bubble and now the bubble has burst spectacularly. The company was using […]
September 11, 2015

GCL Poly to divest its non-solar businesses to become focused producer and developer

GCL Poly plans to sell Non solar business The world’s largest producer of solar wafers GCL Poly is in plans to sell its non-solar businesses such […]
September 9, 2015

Indian Government finally puts money where its mouth is – in Rooftop Solar

Funds for Rooftop Solar in India A steep fall in solar projects costs means that solar energy on rooftops has started to become cheaper than grid […]
September 8, 2015

Yet Another Move by Modi Government to promote Solar

Coal plants to promote Solar power The Modi Government has asked the coal power plants to make solar farms more competitive. According to this decision, some […]
September 7, 2015

Azure Power continues to shine in India

Azure Power – India Azure Power has slowly and steadily build a reputable name in the solar industry of India. The Delhi based company founded in […]
September 4, 2015

Solar product prices may increase going into the second half of 2015

Solar Products to see an increase in their pricing Solar product prices which have decreased by an average of 10-15% in the last one year, may […]
September 3, 2015

China clocks a humongous $60 billion in annual solar manufacturing output beating USA and Europe

China poised to see $60B in solar revenues The growth of the Chinese solar manufacturing industry has been truly spectacular, ever since the country decided to […]
September 2, 2015

Can Indian solar manufacturing grow as government loses protectionist fight at WTO

India loses WTO case India has lost its fight at WTO to USA, in a case where it has reserved a portion of its large solar […]
September 1, 2015

Yet another major solar thin film technology player gives up and closes shop

TSMC gives up Thin Film The largest Taiwanese semiconductor company TSMC has also thrown in the towel with regards to solar thin film technology. After sinking […]
August 26, 2015

Gujarat propels Solar Energy growth in India with new Policy

Gujarat Solar Policy 2015 The 2009 solar policy of Gujarat entailed installations of upto 1 GW with a total investment of INR 9000 crore. It is […]
August 25, 2015

Suntech to become the leading international panel supplier to Adanis in India

Suntech collaborates with Adanis again Suntech was chosen once again by the Adani group in India to supply to its upcoming solar project in the southern […]
August 24, 2015

50 Solar Cities in India on ground or paper

Solar Cities in India India moves in track to have first of its green and clean solar cities in the country. With rapid development and urbanization, […]
August 21, 2015

These Solar Stocks can be bought following the Chinese Stock market Weakness

Trina, Jinko, JA and Canadian Solars’ Q2 2015 Performance The global solar markets are soaring high with rising demand led by China, US and India in […]
August 20, 2015

The Bull Case for Solar in India

Solar is currently booming in India The solar market is gradually maturing in India, with installations seen across different states. Not only are western companies investing […]
August 19, 2015

Solar trade war instigator Solarworld expects to increase revenue by 30% in 2015 though profits still elusive

Will Solarworld survive The German solar company Solarworld which instigated the solar trade war between USA and China as well as the volumes and price quotas […]
August 18, 2015

Massive 2000 MW solar auction in India sees huge competition and low prices

India Solar to see new lows India’s solar auctions are seeing lower and lower prices being bid for solar power sales with each passing year. The […]
August 17, 2015

Harebrained Scheme – India’s government owned power utility NPTC plans to build a gigawatt manufacturing plant

NTPC to build solar plant in India India’s government owned companies have never been good investments. The main reason is that profit maximization has never been […]
August 14, 2015

Japan restarts its first nuclear reactors after Fukushima disaster however future for nuclear looks bleak amongst massive protests

Nuclear Energy – Japan Japan is an extremely fossil fuel resource poor country similar to the likes of India and South Korea. It needs to import […]
August 13, 2015

Rooftop Solar power in India becomes economical and lucrative even without Capital subsidies

Rooftop Solar India Distributed rooftop solar generation in India has been the poor cousin of utility scale solar power generation in India. Most government solar auctions, […]
August 12, 2015

Rising solar installations may pose a threat to the Utilities

Can Solar replace Utilities Solar installations have been increasing at a massive pace. All the countries worldwide are resorting more and more to solar for their […]
August 11, 2015

China is set for a hard landing it seems

China Slowdown China’s economy is slowing dramatically it seems. Though the GDP numbers from the government indicate a 7% plus growth, the other indicators show that […]
August 10, 2015

USA government slowly but surely increasing support to Solar and Wind power in a big way

The US government now promotes Solar & Wind Energy The USA government has been a laggard in supporting solar and wind power compared to other developed […]
August 7, 2015

Do solar power panels on water make economic sense?

Solar Panels on Water Solar Power panels installed on water make a lot of headlines these days. Solar power plants were popularized in India when a […]
August 6, 2015

Why did Tata Power buy solar power at 40% higher price from SunEdison?

SunEdison shining in India SunEdison has made a very smart power sales deal in India at a power purchase price of Rs 6.49 (~10c/kWh), with one […]
August 5, 2015

Is Pakistan getting suckered by China in infrastructure costs

Pakistan is a basket case in terms of infrastructure like most of South Asia. Its citizens and industries to not get power, roads are in pathetic […]