2012

September 20, 2012

Rescoe (Renewable Energy Service Companies) in India to Supply Green Power to Reluctant Telecom Tower Companies

Under pressure from the Government, telecom tower companies in India have banded together to float a contract to buy green power from privately owned green companies […]
September 20, 2012

Largest Indian State plays Feudal Politics with “Power”

Politics & “Power” in India Dirty Politics and blatant misuse of power is nothing new for Indian citizens but it has reached absurd levels in India’s […]
September 19, 2012

What QE Infinity means for you – Must Read Intelligent Reactions to Limitless Quantities Easing by the US Federal Reserve

The QE Infinity program of Quantitative Easing launched by the US Federal Reserve has left even the most cynical Fed watcher shocked by the quantum of […]
September 19, 2012

Top Chinese Solar Companies (LDK , Trina, Suntech, GCL) finally Accept Free Market Reality as they Cut Jobs, Slash Production, Reorganize to Survive

The last two years have been brutal for the solar panel industry, has a never ending oversupply & has led to thousands of bankruptcies around the […]
September 19, 2012

How Coalgate Loot was Spent – 10 seater Bombardier Jets, $15 Million Apartments and Big Fat India Wedding

India’s Brazen Crony Capitalism is nothing new to the Greenworldinvestor readers where we have time and again been highlighting how the unholy nexus of politician-businessmen have […]
September 18, 2012

5 Factors Why Quantitative Easing by USA will badly affect Indian Stocks

Quantitative Easing by USA The US Federal Bank announced to unlimited Quantitative Easing at the rate of $40 billion a month, surprising the market which at […]
September 18, 2012

Indian Banks to Take a Huge NPA Loss on Deccan Group Loans due to Bad Due Diligence and Credit Risk Assessment

Deccan Group Falls Down The collapse of the Deccan Group which is the owner of one of the largest media groups in the country and the […]
September 18, 2012

How the Lame Duck Indian Government suddenly get the balls to implement Unpopular Reforms

The Indian Government has been enmeshed in a never ending series of scandals and scams. The government constantly fighting the endless attacks on it by the […]
September 17, 2012

Leading Concentrated PV Company Greenvolts follows Amonix into Oblivion

Greenvolts – CPV Company While bankruptcies of leading crystalline silicon and thin film companies like Solyndra, Q-Cells has received a lot of attention, the shutdown of […]
September 17, 2012

Apple iPhone 5 Fails to Impress with no Major New Features or Functions – Still a Great Short

Apple’s iPhone 5 There was massive media hoopla over the announcement of Apple’s new iPhone upgrade to iPhone 5 with the global mass media going into […]
September 17, 2012

Eight Must Read Solar Stories – What we found Interesting

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 […]
September 16, 2012

The GWI Weekly Newsletter – Did You Miss Anything?

All posts published on GWI for the Week Ending 16th September, 2012: Japanese Industrial Conglomerates follow Korean Shipbuilders into Offshore Wind Energy The growth potential in […]
September 16, 2012

India’s Air Conditioning Market sees end of LG, Samsung dominance as Voltas Steals the Lead

Air Conditioning in India The dominance of the Korean chaebols over the Indian air conditioning market has ended with the Tata owned Voltas stealing the lead. […]
September 15, 2012

Indian Government’s New Hair Brained Scheme

Indian Government’s New Hair Brained Scheme – Export 500 MW of Electricity to Pakistan to build Good Relations India suffers from a huge deficit in power […]
September 14, 2012

Bankrupt Greece Sees a Huge Increase in Solar Subsidy Expense in 2012 Driven by Blind Governance

Solar subsidies in general have always been a boom and a bust story with very few countries managing to get it right. In Europe, in particular […]
September 14, 2012

US Solar Companies Continue to Die as Solar Panel Prices keep Plummeting despite Trade Measures against China

US Solar Panel Industry The massive global oversupply of solar panels has led to solar panel prices plummeting to new depths. This has already led to […]
September 14, 2012

Largest US Nuclear Utility Exelon Turns Anti-Wind and Pro-Solar opposing Tax Credits for Wind Industry

Exelon from Wind to Solar Exelon which is the owner of the biggest portfolio of nuclear power plants in the US has been kicked out of […]
September 13, 2012

Solar Riches to Rags Story of Erstwhile Global Solar No.1 German Q-Cells Ends, with Korean Hanwha Buying the Remains for a mere $50 Million

The story of Q-Cells comes to an End Q-Cells is the biggest solar failure in Europe as the company which was the global leader in 2008 […]
September 13, 2012

Industry Cartels Blatantly Manipulate Shallow Agricultural Commodity Markets in India where Regulator FMC remains a Mute Spectator

Commodity Markets India The shallow commodity markets in India are being blatantly manipulated by industry cartels and big brokers who through hoarding and circular trading are […]
September 13, 2012

Stock Exchange Price Wars Start in India as MCX challenges Equity Duopoly of NSE and BSE

MCX, NSE, BSE – Stock Exchange Wars A major price war has started between the stock exchanges in India with MCX sharply cutting the prices of […]
September 12, 2012

Why India badly needs Bullet Trains like China between Major Urban Centers as Flight Costs Soar

Problem of Transport in India India’s major urban centers of Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai popularly known as metro cities are not adequately covered by transport […]
September 12, 2012

Is India Turning into Pakistan – Indian jails Cartoonist under Sedition Law while Pakistan locks up Disabled Child over Blasphemy Law

No Freedom of Expression in Democracy? Indian citizens are shocked by the actions of the judiciary and police in Maharashtra who have jailed a cartoonist under […]
September 12, 2012

Nuclear Power Protest Killings, the new Normal in India – After Jaitapur, Kudankulam sees Police Firing

Future of Nuclear Plants in India The new nuclear power plants that are coming up in India are facing strong protests by local people worried about […]
September 11, 2012

Hanwha SolarOne Solar Panel Review

Hanwha SolarOne Hanwha Group is one of Korea’s top ten enterprises. In 2010, Hanwha Group achieved total assets of approximately USD83 billion and total sales of […]
September 11, 2012

Is it justified for the Indian Wind Industry to ask for Subsidies from the Government in Addition to RECs

GWI had written that the Indian Wind Power Industry is facing problems in 2012 and there is a possibility that new wind capacity could fall by […]
September 11, 2012

Europe Initiates History’s Biggest Anti-dumping Case Against Chinese Solar Panel Imports of 21 Billion Euros

Europe-China Anti Dumping Trade War Initiates The worst fears of the Chinese solar panel producers have come true with Europe starting the history’s biggest anti dumping […]
September 10, 2012

Bull Market or Bear Market – Two Contradictory Views

Stock Market One of the most fascinating things about the stock markets is that there are as many views and opinions about the markets as the […]
September 10, 2012

Japanese Industrial Conglomerates follow Korean Shipbuilders into Offshore Wind Energy

Investment in Offshore Wind Energy The growth potential in offshore wind energy has attracted a large number of top global industrial conglomerates despite the industry not […]
September 9, 2012

The GWI Weekly Newsletter – Did You Miss Anything?

All posts published on GWI for the Week Ending 9th September, 2012: India to use Accounting Shenanigans to prevent Bad Loans from the struggling Power Industry […]
September 9, 2012

Hon Hai drives a Hard Bargain with beleaguered Japanese Solar Leader Sharp Industries

Sharp strikes a deal with Hon Hai Sharp Industries is in a very bad shape losing billions of dollars last year as its TV and solar […]