Higher Efficiency Solar Companies to survive in China China is the world’s largest solar market with more than 16 GW of solar installation in 2015. The country which has the world’s largest solar manufacturing industry with most of the top 10 solar panel makers located in the country, is trying to reduce overcapacity and weed […]
I am amazed at the ignorance and lack of due diligence done by analysts and academics when they post articles on solar energy in major mainstream media. I am even more amazed why respected mainstream media such as LiveMint in India publish these articles without doing some due diligence themselves. In an article on solar […]
India wind energy will suffer The Indian wind energy sector which did spectacularly well in the first decade of this century, cannot catch a break in the second decade it seems. The industry has been facing multiple issues which have stalled the growth rate for this RE technology. In the earlier years the wind turbine […]
Solar investments in India Solar energy has become the dominant renewable energy source in India in terms of investments, with $5.6 billion being invested in 2015, which is almost half of the total RE investments made in India. RE investments increased by 22% in India overall as per Bloomberg, topping $10 billion in investments. Wind […]
Indian Solar Tariffs on a declining spree The Indian solar tariffs discovered during recent reverse auctions have defied belief, and led to many industry analysts and consultants question the viability of the solar power plants being built at tariffs below INR 5/kWh. It has been calculated that the ROE on solar plants being built will […]
Suzlon has been making a royal song and dance about getting into the solar industry in India. The company which is one of the world’s biggest maker of wind turbines and is a large wind farm developer in India had fallen into hard times. Its massive debt burden had pushed the company into the brink […]