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Green World Investor is a Green InvestingAnalysis Blog through the Lens of Macroeconomics.The Blog also coversissues on Climate Change,Food Insecurity,Unemployment,Trade,IncomeInequality and Poverty with emphasis on India and China. My name is Abhishek Shah . A Financial and Technology Professionalwith strong interests in Renewable Energy,Climate Change,Technology,Economics,Investing and India.In my Professional life I work as a buyside analyst for a technology fund.To know more about me , read my fullprofile at Linkedin or email me at Abhishek.Solar@gmail.com
Future Technology: Will Intel Be Inside?
Intel derived its name from Integrated Electronics Corporation which was incorporated on July 18, 1968, by semiconductor pioneers Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, California and enjoys being the world’s largest semiconductor chip maker, based on revenue. Intel is the inventor of the x86 series of microprocessors which is [...]
Shorting First Solar @ $24/Share
First Solar stock has been on a roll in recent times and has doubled in a short span from its all time lows. This is in sharp contrast to other solar energy stocks especially the big Chinese ones which continue to make new all times lows. Many of the them like JA Solar, LDK, Suntech [...]
3 Off-Grid Solar Models in India that Work
With increasing climate concerns across the globe, it becomes increasingly important to increase our thrust on other cleaner sources of energy. Due to high irradiation level in India and more than 300 sunny days per year, India represents a lucrative alternative for development of solar power. This article sheds light on few of the solar [...]
Solar Cities in India: Bureaucratic Pork Barrel?
India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has come out with a scheme to promote the use of solar energy in India. Known as “Solar Cities’, 60 cities across India have been chosen to dramatically increase the use of solar power through solar panels, heaters and cookers so that 10% of the energy usage [...]
From Hero to Zero: The Demise of Q-Cells
Q-Cells is the biggest solar failure in Europe as the company which was the global leader in 2008 failed to pay its creditors in 2012. Q-Cells which concentrated on producing crystalline silicon solar cells could not cope with Asian competitors who drastically cut prices and costs in 2011. The company got battered in 2009 downturn [...]
In Focus: Folding Solar Panels
Are lightweight and portable devices, used for charging rechargeable batteries, cell phones, GPS, computers, satellite phones, 12 Volt car battery, portable USB power packs and laptops. The solar panels are generally less than 5 pounds and are less than 2 inches thick when folded. They are designed to use for outdoor purposes. These are foldable [...]
6 Reasons to Buy Solar Stocks NOW
Solar Stocks have made their investors suicidal with drops of of 80-90% from the top common even amongst the biggest solar companies. A number of solar companies like Q-Cells, Solar Millenium, Solon which used to be amongst the 10 biggest ones have gone bankrupt. In fact most of the German solar companies have either gone [...]
Solar Polysilicon Capacity Expansion Slows Significantly
Polysilicon capacity has almost grown by 10x in the last 5-6 years as massive demand growth from solar panels made suppliers add capacity without thinking about future sustainability. OCI and GCL Poly which had no polysilicon capacity till 4-5 years ago added almost a hundred thousands tons of polysilicon capacity to become the top 2 [...]
The 12 Biggest Smart Grid Companies
A smart grid is an electrical grid, that is digitally enabled to procure & distribute information in order to improve the efficiency, reliability and sustainability of electrical devices. It involves the application of digital processing and communications to the power grid. A smart grid replaces analog mechanical meters with digital meters that record usage in real [...]