Czech Solar Developers Accused The Czech Republic has witnessed the biggest solar boom in the world relative to its economy. The country saw a huge increase in solar installations in 2010 and 2011 as the government gave a generous electricity feed in tariff for solar power generation. This led to almost 2-3 GW of solar […]

The incompetence of government authorities and bureaucrats around the world continues to surprise me as renewable energy subsidies keep going haywire. The script followed is the same in all the bust countries but others fail to learn from them and keep making those mistakes. Spain was the first country to witness a massive renewable energy […]

Komax to exit Solar Market The Europeans have been abandoning the solar market in increasing numbers in the last 2 years. The European solar companies dominated the whole solar industry supply chain. Now only a few European companies are surviving while none of them are thriving. Q-Cells the largest solar cell company was bankrupted and […]

Worldwide wind Energy Capacity up by 1000% Global wind energy capacity has jumped up a whopping 1000% in the last 10 years or so, as wind energy prices decreased and governments started to subsidize wind energy to reduce green house gas emissions. Wind Energy has grown in all parts of the globe such as Europe, […]

Solar Industry 2014 The solar industry is seeing a revival in 2013, thanks to an unprecedented demand growth in Japan and China. Despite the Chinese government keeping alive a massive amount of bankrupt capacity, solar panel prices have stabilized at the 60-70c/watt price as Japan drives up the solar panel prices. Top companies have managed […]

The Chinese and Europeans have come to a deal regarding export of solar panels made in China to Europe. Under the deal, China will be allowed to export a maximum of 7 GW of solar panels at a price of 56 eurocents/watt. This will provide some sort of floor to the solar panel prices in Europe […]