LDK Solar

August 1, 2013

China pulls out all stops to revive the Loss making Solar Panel Makers

The Chinese try to revive its zombie companies The Chinese solar stocks cannot stop increasing in value as the government pulls out all stops in trying […]
June 17, 2013

LDK is imploding into irrelevance as Revenue contracts to only $100 million

LDK faces working capital crisis LDK Solar (LDK) which used to be the world’s biggest supplier of solar wafers and was building the biggest polysilicon plant is now contracting […]
May 21, 2013

Chinese Solar stocks soar in a massive short squeeze

Positive Solar Market Reaction following JASO The solar stocks have been very volatile. It is very difficult investing in this sector, because the sector has become […]
May 16, 2013

Will Solar Industry's Overcapacity problems be solved by 2015?

Solar Industry sees some Positive Light The recent news flow in the solar industry has started taking a positive slant with increasing panel prices and resurgent […]
April 26, 2013

LDK sells its 2 GW solar cell plant for 10 cents to a dollar, what will Hefei City government do with the plant?

LDK sells Piecemeal The bankrupt Chinese solar giant is selling itself piecemeal to generate enough cash to sustain operations. The LDK Solar (LDK) stock has zero […]
April 19, 2013

Will China finally impose some order in its Solar Manufacturing Industry?

China’s solar industry is in total chaos with massive overcapacity plaguing the industry for the last two years. Two of the biggest solar companies LDK and […]
March 21, 2013

Will the Suntech Debt default bring sanity to the Solar Industry

Suntech Debt Default Suntech (STP) which is one of the worst managed solar companies in the industry has been going through tumultuous times after it got […]
March 15, 2013

Poly prices in China up 16% from December but still too low for Sustainability

Polysilicon Prices The prices of polysilicon have gone up a bit in the last few months as poly producers have sharply reduced utilization to 50% or […]
March 12, 2013

Suntech faces the Moment of Truth as Founder ousted and Debt comes due

Suntech, China The world’s largest solar panel company in 2011 now faces possible closure as it does not have money to pay the convertible bond due […]
February 22, 2013

China's biggest Solar Thin film producer and Intel investee Trony Solar found to be a Fraud

It is amazing how the biggest US companies and investors are being made to look like fools by Chinese frauds which have managed to embezzle hundreds […]
February 6, 2013

Chinese Solar Companies keep on raising debt despite horrible Capital Structures

Chinese solar companies are finding it increasingly difficult to borrow money even from their home banks. This is due to the massive overcapacity in the industry […]
January 31, 2013

Chinese Government intervenes again after the First Bond Default by Chaori Solar

Bond Default by Chaori Solar, China We have heard of numerous Chinese Government bailouts, in case of defaults by the Chinese Solar companies. However, there is […]
December 6, 2012

Zombie LDK fires thousands and stops polysilicon production

LDK Solar (NYSE:LDK) which used to be the biggest solar wafer producer has completely stopped production of polysilicon and sharply reduced shipments to preserve cash. The […]
November 15, 2012

415 Percent growth in China’s Solar Capacity in 2012 already, with strong surge still to come

China Solar China is set to become the 2nd largest solar energy market in the world in 2012 from being a fringe player in 2011. This […]
October 29, 2012

Black Solar Tuesday – Top Solar Companies Sunpower, Solar Frontier and Gintech fire hundreds of workers

Job Cuts in Solar Industry The solar industry crisis continues to take a massive toll on solar jobs as top solar companies Sunpower, Showa Shell and […]
October 18, 2012

Chinese Solar Panels – Review of Cost, Quality, Brands, Modules on Sale

Chinese Solar Panel Industry China’s Solar Industry is the biggest in the world. Due to the low cost of Chinese solar panels, the market rose from […]
September 28, 2012

LDK Solar Panel Review

LDK Solar is one of the biggest producer of solar wafers that are used by crystalline solar panels. LDK Solar was established in 2005 in China. […]
August 13, 2012

Biggest Chinese Solar Panel Company implodes into a Penny Stock – Culmination of Suntech’s long history of Management Blunders

Suntech Suntech was the biggest solar panel supplier in 2011 shipping almost 2000 MW of solar modules to various countries around the globe. Suntech, which is […]
June 20, 2012

State Owned Chinese conglomerates strengthen their position in solar industry during industry crisis

While thousands of small solar companies in the world have gone / are going bust on account of massive industry oversupply and crashed solar panel prices, […]