Suntech

August 1, 2013

China pulls out all stops to revive the Loss making Solar Panel Makers

The Chinese try to revive its zombie companies The Chinese solar stocks cannot stop increasing in value as the government pulls out all stops in trying […]
May 24, 2013

Desperate Suntech sells Solar Panels for a huge Loss

Suntech – Sequence of Events leading it to the current State Suntech (STP) is the company known for its massive management blunders and huge losses since 2010. […]
May 21, 2013

Chinese Solar stocks soar in a massive short squeeze

Positive Solar Market Reaction following JASO The solar stocks have been very volatile. It is very difficult investing in this sector, because the sector has become […]
May 16, 2013

Will Solar Industry's Overcapacity problems be solved by 2015?

Solar Industry sees some Positive Light The recent news flow in the solar industry has started taking a positive slant with increasing panel prices and resurgent […]
April 19, 2013

Will China finally impose some order in its Solar Manufacturing Industry?

China’s solar industry is in total chaos with massive overcapacity plaguing the industry for the last two years. Two of the biggest solar companies LDK and […]
April 10, 2013

Suntech's Stock up – Myths & Reality

Warren to buy Suntech? Suntech stock surged almost 28%, after a rumor that the world’s smartest investor Warren Buffet would buy the company. I don’t know […]
March 21, 2013

Will the Suntech Debt default bring sanity to the Solar Industry

Suntech Debt Default Suntech (STP) which is one of the worst managed solar companies in the industry has been going through tumultuous times after it got […]
March 12, 2013

Suntech faces the Moment of Truth as Founder ousted and Debt comes due

Suntech, China The world’s largest solar panel company in 2011 now faces possible closure as it does not have money to pay the convertible bond due […]
March 6, 2013

China Refrains from firing the first shot in the Solar War against Europe

China has been bristling against the hostility in solar trade from major partners such as US and Europe. The dominance of the Chinese solar panel industry […]
January 31, 2013

Chinese Government intervenes again after the First Bond Default by Chaori Solar

Bond Default by Chaori Solar, China We have heard of numerous Chinese Government bailouts, in case of defaults by the Chinese Solar companies. However, there is […]
December 20, 2012

Solar Stocks To Keep Yo-Yoing Till China Allows Free Market Capitalism In The Industry

Introduction The whole solar industry has been facing a massive overcapacity problem since the beginning of 2011. Thousands of solar companies have gone bankrupt, but the […]
December 19, 2012

Can the South Koreans (Hanwha, LG, OCI) displace the Chinese solar juggernaut

The Chinese solar panel industry has become dominant through a mix of strong government support, aggressive expansion, billions of cheap finance from state owned banks and […]
November 21, 2012

How American Solar Duties on China are boomeranging on US Solar Panel Manufacturing

Solar Duties and its effect on Solar Panel Manufacturing The US recently imposed CVD and AD duties on imports of Chinese made solar cells on a […]
November 15, 2012

415 Percent growth in China’s Solar Capacity in 2012 already, with strong surge still to come

China Solar China is set to become the 2nd largest solar energy market in the world in 2012 from being a fringe player in 2011. This […]
October 18, 2012

Chinese Solar Panels – Review of Cost, Quality, Brands, Modules on Sale

Chinese Solar Panel Industry China’s Solar Industry is the biggest in the world. Due to the low cost of Chinese solar panels, the market rose from […]
October 14, 2012

Suntech can’t stop the Bleeding as top managers exit despite restructuring and UBS

The travails of China’s top solar panel manufacturer do not seem to stop with its credibility being hit by a new problem each day. Suntech has […]
October 12, 2012

Who Lost and Who Won on Revised US duties on China made Solar Cells – Also Read responses by Trina, Suntech and Yingli

Revised US Duties The US Government has got a complicated way of imposing duties on imported products considered to be receiving unfair subsidies and/or being dumped […]
September 29, 2012

Suntech Solar Panels Review

Updated on: 14/03/2014 Suntech Solar Panels Review Suntech (STP) was the world’s biggest producer of solar panels in 2010 and was one the first companies to set […]
September 26, 2012

Chinese Government on Diplomatic Overdrive as Anti Dumping Duties on Solar Exports Threatens Thousands of Solar Jobs

India has become the latest country to contemplate anti dumping duties on imports of Chinese solar panels which have all but wiped out the country’s solar […]
September 21, 2012

The Chinese Solar Ship sinks being hit by Europe’s Anti Dumping Iceberg

China is the world’s largest manufacturer of solar panels and its intermediates like crystalline silicon ingots, wafers and cells. The country is also the biggest exporter […]
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 […]
August 28, 2012

Is China setting itself for a Big Crash as PMI drops precariously Massive Industrial Oversupply

Chinese Economy China is one of the biggest mysteries for investors and economists with most data emanating from China rated suspect even by the Chinese leaders […]
August 27, 2012

The Best Chinese Solar Companies heavily Outperform the Badly Managed Over Debted Solar Firms in 2012 as Mr. Market Prices in Bankruptcy

The whole solar panel industry has been in a tailspin as the massive solar glut takes toll of the whole industry. The industry downturn which started […]
August 25, 2012

Global Green Battles – China Fires Back at USA for Subsidizing Green Energy Projects, Mulls Duty on European Solar Imports as well

Global Green Battles The Global Green War had started with the US imposing duties on imports of Chinese made solar panels and cells. Subsequently dumping charges […]
August 22, 2012

The Biggest Solar Company Failure that nobody is Talking about and which could Dramatically Change the Solar Panel Market

Sharp Solar Panels There have been hundreds of solar bankruptcies in the last couple of years as solar panel prices have gone down by almost 65% […]
August 21, 2012

Solar Panel prices Crash to just 72 cents /watt as Germany, Italy demand pull in end, Chinese Government refuses to let Insolvent Companies go Bankrupt

The price crash for solar panels seem to be never ending with the latest solar module prices ending at around 72c/watt for normal crystalline solar panels. […]
August 16, 2012

Best Strategy to Enter the Japanese Market – Joint Ventures and Alliance with Locally Connected Companies

Japan Entering the Japanese market is notoriously hard for foreign companies as they run into major implicit and explicit barriers. Like the Chinese, the Japanese have […]
August 8, 2012

90% of Solar Companies to go Bankrupt and Shortage will Hit Industry in 2014 – JA Solar

The CEO of the biggest solar cell company in the world JA Solar has said that he sees the current vicious industry downturn leading to 90% […]
July 24, 2012

Global Solar World War truly on, with Chinese going after US Solar Companies, while Germany to probe Chinese Solar Panel Dumping

China-US Solar War The Global Solar World War is truly on now, with the Chinese Government starting investigation on the imports of solar polysilicon from Korean […]
July 12, 2012

Cadmium Tellerium Thin Film Solar Technology set to become another victim of Capitalism’s Creative Destruction with GE, Abound Solar downing shutters

Cadmium Tellurium Thin Film Solar Technology championed by thin film solar panel leader First Solar is set to become a victim of capitalism’s creative destruction as […]