Solar powered Trains in India India’s love affair with solar power is reaching absurd levels with the Railways Minister announcing that Indian trains will run on solar power. With a guard van running on solar power (for lights, fans etc.), the Minister has said that trains in the future will be powered by solar power. […]
New $5B Solar Thermal plant in California For many years, we at Greenworldinvestor have forecasted the demise of the solar thermal technology and sure enough all the major startups in the solar thermal energy got bankrupt one by one. With the technology getting slaughtered by the rapid development of the solar PV technology whose costs […]
Indian Solar Industry depends heavily on China India has a significant capacity to make solar panels and cells but most of it is distributed amongst tens of producers most of which have closed their factories and have nameplate capacity on paper only. The Indian solar industry which is expected to grow to 5 GW this […]
India’s oil and gas sector remains moribund with new polices falling flat India’s energy sector particularly the coal and solar sectors have been on a roll while wind energy has also taken off in the last one year. The dramatic performance of these sub sectors has pushed India from a chronic deficit situation to a […]
Disappointing Numbers from Rooftop Capital in India India’s rooftop solar sector has failed to grow despite numerous government policies and incentives as the regulations, red tape and discom opposition makes it a herculean task to install a rooftop solar system in India. Given the high financing costs and a lack of awareness in residential segment, […]
Wind vs Solar (India) The solar sector in India has got a strong policy push from the central government leading to an exponential growth and even the target for solar power by 2022 is more than 60% higher than wind power, though wind is a much more mature technology with an established manufacturing and generation […]