Bad news seem to be dogging solar manufacturers left and right, what with declining solar panel prices and a worldwide supply glut, but Chinese solar powerhouses like Suntech Power Holdings and Yingli Solar are already on the offensive. As yesterday’s New York Times reports, Suntech—China’s largest solar panel manufacturer—is planning on selling solar panels in [...]

For a country where only 40 percent of the population can access electricity from the grid, the possibilities offered by solar power are many. And perhaps Grameen Shakti, a non-profit organization tied to the micro-credit agency Grameen Bank, followed that same train of thought when it spearheaded a solar panel adoption program in rural Bangladesh [...]

China may be well en route to fulfilling its solar ambitions—which include solar power capacity of 10 to 20 gigawatts by 2020—but a dearth of domestic project developers and installers may cause its dreams to hit a stumbling block, according to this WSJ article. While the Chinese government has announced attractive new measures, such as [...]

Agitated by plummeting prices and falling market shares, European solar companies may soon be forced to accelerate their moving production to Asia, according to analysts. Long heralded as the solar industry’s role model and original success story, Europe has as of late started seeing its solar sector fall victim to an oversupply of cells and [...]

Considering that roughly 56 percent of India’s 1.1 billion people do not have access to electricity and many generators still run on diesel, it might come as little surprise to renewable energy fans that the Southeast Asian giant recently announced its commitment to harness renewable energy—with a heavy focus on solar power.  While only 3 [...]

For a country that was one of the world’s largest producers of solar power in 2007—some sources even award it second place, after Germany—China’s actual solar installation record is far less impressive. Thanks to the cheapness and availability of traditional fossil fuels like coal, as well as the lack of clearly-defined solar PV policies, last [...]

The United States isn’t the only country that’s been looking to renewable energy as one avenue to jumpstarting the economy: last Thursday China announced a generous and aggressive solar subsidy that would offer 20 RMB (around $2.90 USD) per watt for solar projects with outputs of over 50 kilowatts, which would pay for nearly half [...]

Iraq may seem an unlikely place for solar to emerge as a primary source of energy, given its wealth of oil. However, in a country where summer temperatures can exceed 120 degrees, refining capabilities are limited—it actually imports large quantities of diesel—and the national grid is subject to constant attack, even simple solar-powered items such [...]

The holidays may be nearly over, but with wallets tightening worldwide, perhaps now is as good a time as ever to reflect (how often does that word seem to crop up in year-end blog posts?) on all the big-picture, money-draining yet far-sighted and inspirational solar projects to have emerged from the developing world this year. [...]

It’s the rare industry these days that isn’t getting hit by the global financial storm. Chinese solar stocks, after years of rosy prospects and burgeoning growth, are facing a mountain of a challenge, in the form of wobbly share prices, exorbitant costs of silicon and increased caution from investors. The decline of the euro and [...]