2014

May 28, 2014

Why Saudi Arabia will be the hottest emerging solar market in the near future

Saudi Arabia wants to invest big bucks in solar power plants, but the country’s progress has been abysmally slow. The country which has one of the […]
May 27, 2014

Chinese leave USA far behind in all solar segments as domestic market dominates world

Chinese Solar Market dominates globally The Chinese solar industry has been growing at a tremendous pace in the last 5-6 years and has now come to […]
May 26, 2014

India’s Directorate General of Anti-Dumping finds dumping allegations on solar imports to be true – 100% dumping duty possible

100% Indian duties on Chinese Imports The Indian solar manufacturers have been pushing the Indian government hard, to impose anti-dumping duties on imports of Chinese and […]
May 23, 2014

GCL Poly looks to expand its already massive upstream solar wafer and poly capacity as it reports robust results

The world’s largest solar wafer manufacture GCL Poly is looking to further expand its already giant capacity. The company reported great results seeing a very large […]
May 16, 2014

Germany’s solar story faces hurdles in its next phase of self-consumption

German Solar self consumption faces problems Germany is facing hurdles in its solar energy industry, as the government plans to impose a green energy levy common […]
May 15, 2014

Solar Wafer Industry to see consolidation as losses eviscerate the small companies

Consolidation in Solar Wafer Industry The solar wafer part of the solar supply chain has been one of the worst performing sectors in the solar industry. […]
May 14, 2014

Polysilicon producers start showing profits as pricing strengthens amidst strong demand

Polysilicon back to profits Polysilicon companies are starting to show profits again after polysilicon pricing has started to strengthen amidst higher demand from downstream solar cell […]
May 13, 2014

Nigeria and Ghana become new gigawatt Solar Markets for Investors

Solar Markets Africa Africa is the new solar frontier for many large solar investors, given the huge energy demand and lack of capital. The country has […]
May 12, 2014

Spain continues to suffer from the Solar Subsidy disaster in 2009

Solar Subsidy pain in Spain Spain saw a massive boom in solar installations after the government announced a very generous subsidy on solar energy installations. Beside […]
May 9, 2014

Indian Manufacturing enters into a serious decline as policy and regulations paralyze Investors

Change in the Indian Manufacturing Industry The Indian manufacturing sector is set to see a decline in this year, which is extremely shameful considering that the […]
May 8, 2014

Korean poly giant OCI returns to profitability but decent margins still far away

OCI gave decent profits & revenue numbers Korean giant OCI has returned to profitability in its poly division after a couple of bad years. The company […]
May 7, 2014

REC may be the only large European Solar Player to survive the vicious 2012 downturn

REC Survival story We at Greenworldinvestor have speculated numerous times that most solar companies based in Europe such as Solarworld will cease to exist. We even […]
May 6, 2014

Middle East and Africa to become the focal points of Global Solar Growth

Solar Growth in Africa and Middle East The Africa and MENA region will show the highest growth in the next 5 years, with Solarbuzz predicting a […]
May 5, 2014

India may not impose Anti-dumping Duties on Foreign made Solar Panels

No Anti-dumping Duties by India The Indian government may not impose higher anti-dumping duties on imports of foreign made solar panels, as the costs of imposing […]
April 30, 2014

Solar Energy becomes 2nd biggest contributor to electricity capacity additions in the USA

Solar Energy captures 2nd place as a source of Electricity- USA Solar energy has left its image of a niche energy source far behind and is […]
April 29, 2014

IPCC acknowledges importance of Solar Energy in fighting Climate Change

Solar Energy can fight Climate Change We at Greenworldinvestor have always been very bullish about the prospects of solar energy growth, given the sharply declining costs, […]
April 28, 2014

USA solar modules prices set to rise as Government plans more stringent subsidies on Chinese Imports

Module prices to increase in USA Solar system prices in the USA will not fall at the same rate, as a key component – solar panels […]
April 25, 2014

India’s Silicon City Bangalore may soon see a proliferation of Rooftop Solar Systems

Solar Rooftop in Bangalore India’s southern IT city of Bangalore may soon see a proliferation of solar rooftop home systems as the distribution utility BESCOM will […]
April 24, 2014

United Photovoltaics emerges as the top Solar Farm player in China

United Photovoltaics has started to emerge as the top solar farm company in China, aggressively buying up solar farms in the country. The company which was […]
April 23, 2014

Japanese Solar Inverter Makers displace Europeans in global rankings

Japanese Solar Inverter Market The boom in the Japanese solar market has completely changed the competitive dynamics of the global solar inverter market. The Japanese solar […]
April 22, 2014

Solar Drones become hot Acquisition Targets for Technology Giants

Solar Drones Solar drones are becoming hot new targets for technology biggies such as Google and Facebook. Drone technology has seen some dramatic improvements in the […]
April 21, 2014

Chinese companies look to set up US Solar Factories to escape the Anti-dumping Duties

Chinese Companies to open factories in USA to avoid Duties The Chinese companies may look to shift their factories abroad, as major trade partners are imposing […]
April 17, 2014

Can India’s biggest renewable energy company Suzlon do a Tata Motors riding on coattails of Senvion

Suzlon was long regarded as the poster boy of India’s renewable energy industry. The company in its heyday used to be amongst the world’s top 5 […]
April 16, 2014

Kyocera gifts a 230 kW Solar Charging station to Japan on the event of Earth Day

Solar Powered Charging Station Just one week before the Earth Day (22nd April), Kyocera installs a 230 kW solar charging station in Japan to charge electric […]
April 15, 2014

Is the Solar Industry making big promises, difficult to keep

Trina and Yingli revise their Q1 2014 shipment projections downward Both Trina Solar (TSL) and Yingli Green Energy (YGE) are big names in the solar industry […]
April 11, 2014

The Billion Dollar Indian Solar Agricultural Pump market attracts global Electrical and Solar majors due to massive opportunity

ABB has become the latest electrical giant to launch agri solar water pumps for the Indian market. The company follows other big global giants such as […]
April 10, 2014

Climate Change to impact everybody according to IPCC

Climate Change Climate Change is going to impact everybody according to the latest IPCC report on global warming and climate change. The group’s report in 2014 […]
April 9, 2014

Taiwanese Solar Cell Companies look to expand Module Production

Taiwan Solar Industry The Taiwanese solar industry has mostly concentrated on solar cell production, which they supply mainly to the Japanese and Chinese solar companies. Taiwanese […]
April 8, 2014

High flying Chinese solar billionaire Xiaofeng Peng faces bankruptcy with LDK death

The Chinese Billionaire faces bankruptcy Xiaofeng Peng used to be one of the richest Chinese billionaires in 2008, when his company LDK Solar (LDK) went into […]
April 7, 2014

India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu gets 1000 applications for Solar Rooftop Subsidies

India has been mostly concentrating its subsidies on large ground mounted grid connected solar plants, with federal and state subsidies going to these installations. There has […]