November 2013

November 30, 2013

Back to the Past – Crazy harebrained 10% Import Duty on Gold leads to increase in Smuggling and Crime in India

Gold Smuggling in India India’s mafia has its roots in gold smuggling since the 1970’s and 1980’s, when high import duties on all goods made it […]
November 29, 2013

Will E-commerce be the Best Indian Performing Stock Sector in the Next Decade

E-commerce in India India is seeing a massive boom in online retail, with growth rate by top companies easily touching the three digit mark. Billions of […]
November 28, 2013

Solar Energy and Utility Fight gets Interesting with Arizona giving a mixed Decision favoring none

Utilities are fighting for their lives as solar energy gets more prevalent each day with falling costs and support from customers and the government. Not only […]
November 27, 2013

Impotent Mayors are the Reason for the Pathetic state of Indian Cities

India’s cities are not an easy place to live with large areas facing difficulties in accessing basic amenities such as water, electricity, good roads etc. Indian […]
November 27, 2013

Jinko Solar Reports another Great Quarter as Gross Margins cross 20%

Great Quarter for Jinko Solar Jinko Solar (JKS) has shown one of the greatest stock prices increase amongst solar stocks in the last couple of years. […]
November 26, 2013

Indian Capital Markets become Distorted as hell as hot Inflows pour in and Retail Money treat it like a leper

Indian Capital Markets The Indian capital markets recently made a new all-time high but there is no sense of jubilation or high fives that generally takes […]
November 26, 2013

Pros and Cons of Solar Bonds

Solar energy is a capital intensive industry with almost all of the costs of generating solar energy being front loaded. There is little expenditure in terms […]
November 25, 2013

Gujarat Government Fights to Enact a Retroactive Cut in Tariffs paid to Solar Developers

Gujarat wants a  Retroactive Cut in Tariffs The Gujarat government has been touting the success of the solar power scheme enacted by the state government, which led […]
November 23, 2013

Height of Hypocrisy – Corrupt Mainstream Indian Political Parties organize Funding witch hunt of Aam Aadmi Party

Aam Aadmi Party to Face Funding Investigation It is an open secret in India that politicians and political parties fund their activities through billions of dollars […]
November 22, 2013

Europe to see a Dramatic 37% Decline in Solar Demand in 2013

Europe Solar Demand Decline For many years, Europe has been the main driver of growth of the solar industry worldwide. In fact, it is highly doubtful […]
November 21, 2013

Abound Solar Bankruptcy becomes Another Hit with Republicans

Abound Solar Bankruptcy The US government grants and loans to green energy companies has not given good results, frequently resulting in big bankruptcies. The reason is […]
November 20, 2013

Borg Comes with a Great Solar Electricity Solution for Indian Homes

Will Borg Energy change the Sorry state of the Indian Power situation Borg Energy India has come up with a great solution to power Indian homes […]
November 19, 2013

Gigantic Solar Panel Arrays with Quarter Million Solar Modules in India to Rival Massive Thermal Power Plants in Size

The Indian government is looking to set up four gigantic solar panel power plants with hundreds of thousands of solar panels in each farm. The government […]
November 18, 2013

Erstwhile PV Inverter Giant SMA Solar Continues to Bleed Badly

SMA Solar Downfall It has been a sad downhill story for the leading PV inverter maker SMA Solar. The company has not managed the changed dynamics […]
November 17, 2013

Traditional Indian Retailers face Existential Risks from Online Retail Players

Traditional Retailers vs. Online Retailers in India The whole Indian retail industry is facing a huge problem due to the advent of online retail companies. These […]
November 16, 2013

Female Worker Participation Ratio falls an Alarming 20% in 2010 compared to 2005 in Indian Cities

Female Worker Participation in India Increasing worker participation ratio is a key feature of economies which move from the low income to the middle income level. […]
November 15, 2013

Smaller Chinese Companies get squeezed by Chinese Banks as the Bigger Companies make Hay

Solar Companies – China I have been negative on the smaller Chinese solar companies such as Daqo and China Sun Energy, as these companies have not […]
November 14, 2013

Can the Danish Wind Giant Survive?

Vestas Vestas has been going through a torrid time in the last 4-5 years, as the Chinese competition has destroyed the business model of the leading […]
November 13, 2013

GT Advanced Technologies hits the Sapphire Mother Lode, gets huge Contract from Apple

GTAT – A Stock to Buy GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT) has seen a spectacular stock run on the back of improved solar sentiments in recent time. […]
November 12, 2013

Suntech goes into Liquidation, will Equity Holders get Anything

Suntech Liquidating Suntech which is the largest solar bankruptcy case in China is slowly shutting down. After its main operating subsidiary Wuxi Suntech was declared insolvent, there […]
November 11, 2013

E-Waste Disposal in India remains Stillborn despite Fast Increasing mounds of Toxic Electronic Waste

E-Waste Disposal in India India is importing billions of dollars of electronics each year now as people hanker after the latest smartphones and tablets. The average […]
November 8, 2013

Green Energy Faces Moment of Truth in Germany as Green Power Subsidy surges to 8.5c/KwH

Green Power Subsidy in Germany Germany has been the biggest reason for the success of solar energy growth, as its EEG law allowed big solar panel […]
November 7, 2013

Chinese Solar Panel Domestic Demand to account for almost 1/3rd of Global Solar Demand in 2014

China Solar Industry China was always supposed to be the holy grail which would lead the solar panel industry to great profitability. In 2010 and 2011 […]
November 6, 2013

Solar Frauds hit both India and China as Sunrise Industry Attracts Scamsters

Indian and Chinese Solar Frauds India and China are not only very large fast growing economies but very corrupt ones as well. Greenworldinvestor readers would already […]
November 1, 2013

Holy Cow – 47% Mall Space in India is Vacant

The Indian economy is in a bad shape, thanks to the atrociously bad government of the ruling Congress party. Not only is the country riddled with […]