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All posts published on GWI for the Week Ending 23rd September, 2012:

The Solar Industry has become so big and globalized that we miss out on a lot of interesting stories and news. This post will hopefully fill in the missing gaps.

There was massive media hoopla over the announcement of Apple’s new iPhone upgrade………. However the iPhone 5 has not come out with any new feature that seems compelling……… new features for the iPhone 5 over iPhone 4……..

While bankruptcies of leading crystalline silicon and thin film companies………. shutdown of CPV companies have received less press………. Greenvolts is laying off a majority of its staff as support from ABB has stopped………. Crystalline Silicon PV Solar Technology is beating other rivals in the solar race hands down

The Indian Government has been enmeshed in a never ending series of scandals and scams…….. The economic growth has almost halved…… Congress Party is under attack in a massive mining scam ……. The Income Tax and Enforcement Directorate also serve as puppets

The collapse of the Deccan Group which is the owner of one of the largest media groups……. Indian cricket franchise Deccan Chargers…….. The Deccan Chronicle group has debt ………. The banks are to blame for not doing due diligence

The US Federal Bank announced to unlimited Quantitative Easing at the rate of $40 billion a month………. even the Indian stocks joined the rally……… India is already reeling from high inflation of food and energy………. Oil prices are already hitting the triple digit

India’s Brazen Crony Capitalism is nothing new ………. Corruption in India has become rampant with a scam being uncovered………. The recent exposure of the humongous coal mining scam further exposes the loot and plunder of India’s natural resources

The last two years have been brutal for the solar panel industry,………. even the big daddies of the Chinese solar industry are being forced to slash jobs and production as they run out of money .

The QE Infinity program of Quantitative Easing launched by the US Federal Reserve………. Here are some of the intelligent reactions to the QE by the Fed

Dirty Politics and blatant misuse of power is nothing new for Indian citizens ………. Some districts in the state receive 24 hours power supply while some only get 8-10 hours…….. discrimination is based on whether the district has elected an important leader

telecom tower companies in India have banded together to float a contract to buy green power from privately owned…….. Telecom towers manage to get subsidies of thousands of crores each year………. The Government had finally acted by mandating that 50% of the power supplied

Two of the most respected market analysts have radically opposite positions on where the commodity cycle………

Indian real estate prices are one of the highest in the world in terms of affordability………. However real estate prices do fall and can keep falling……… Japan where land prices fell for 21st year in a row in 2012

Cheap crystalline solar panels in India have become a common household item…. ….. families are gifting their daughters’ small solar panels which will help power their new houses………. There are also large swathes where the Indian electricity grid does not reach

China is the world’s largest manufacturer of solar panels………. However the massive oversupply and bankruptcy of western solar companies has led to a massive backlash………. USA has already imposed anti dumping duties while Europe is in the process of doing so

The old MTRP Act had become quite toothless……… Monopolies and oligopolies could operate quite freely……… the situation is changing with the advent of a new authority Competition Commission of India

Pune will see the inauguration of a Waste to Energy plant set up by Concord Blue……… The 1 MW plant which will be expanded to 10 MW eventually promises to solve ………. Waste to Energy has not succeeded in India ………. Major Problems.

PG

Sneha Shah

I am Sneha, the Editor-in-chief for the Blog. We would be glad to receive suggestions, inputs & comments on GWI from you guys to keep it going! You can contact me for consultancy/trade inquires by writing an email to greensneha@yahoo.in

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