The Fall of Japanese Solar companies Japanese solar companies such as Sharp, Mitsubishi, Kyocera and Panasonic used to rule the solar market in the last decade. These companies had better technology and the advantage of a large domestic market in Japan. However, with the boom in the European market and the entry of the Chinese […]
USA Solar Market will boom in 2016 USA could become the biggest country in terms of solar demand in 2016 and may just edge out China, as the country sees a record number of large scale solar installations getting completed this year. Most of these projects were started in 2014-15, with completion date before 2016 […]
Hard Times for REC Silicon REC Silicon, which is a Norwegian company has turned an unlikely victim of a China USA trade war on solar products. REC was one of the leaders of the polysilicon industry with a leading marketshare in the sale of polysilicon, which is used to make solar cells. The company had […]
The Indian industry has seen solar power emerge as the fastest growing sunrise sector, with the government pushing through billions of dollars in tender this year. Every major Indian business group is getting involved in developing solar projects, with scores of foreign investors getting into the game as well. This has led to a huge […]
China largest Solar Hub China remains the world’s largest source of solar panel demand, despite missing its 2015 target of 17.8 GW by almost 15%. The Middle Kingdom has also become the country with the largest installed capacity of solar energy, overtaking Germany last year with 43 GW of total solar installations. Germany in comparison […]
The state of solar manufacturing in India Indian solar manufacturing remains down in the dump, despite the DCR policy implemented by the government last year and massive growth of the domestic market. India’s solar market may show a 100% CAGR over the next three four years, as government has massively supported the solar energy industry […]