Japanese Solar Boom The Japanese solar market has been booming in the last year, thanks to a very generous feed in subsidy being given by the government. This has led to investors pouring money into the solar farm market with a massive 400 MW plant being planned by a German firm. Like other solar booms, […]
First Solar (FSLR) We have been bearish on First Solar for some time as we felt that the company’s thin film technology is no longer competitive with silicon panels made by giant Chinese solar factories. The company remains profitable thanks to the DOE funded huge solar farms in USA. Without these farms First Solar would […]
Warren to buy Suntech? Suntech stock surged almost 28%, after a rumor that the world’s smartest investor Warren Buffet would buy the company. I don’t know why would Buffet invest in the penny stock and if anybody other than the Chinese Government would be interested in Suntech. Though Warren Buffet had invested in solar energy […]
Lancaster to achieve the Solar Capital Status Lancaster is a high desert city in northern Los Angeles County, California. Lancaster faces high sunny exposure and desert sunshine with pretty high temperatures. The record high temperature in Lancaster was 114 °F (46 °C) on July 18, 1960. Climate data for Lancaster, California Month Jan Feb Mar Apr […]
Solar News 1) Brightsource cancels its 2nd big solar thermal power plant – CSP 0 – Solar PV 10 2) India company bets big on the India REC market by putting up 3 solar ground mounted plants in Rajasthan 3) 400 MW solar plant proposed in remote island in Japan by a German company 4) […]