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The Loudest Show on Earth

October 1, 2010 No Comments

by Bill Dodson It’s not everyday that a solar energy trade show occurs directly across the street from you office. The 8th Solar Fair was this year held in Suzhou, at the Suzhou International Exhibition Center, in Suzhou Industrial Park, from September 10-12, 2010. The Show was ostensibly meant to be a Chinese affair showing ...

Investment Analysis, Solar, Uncategorized

The Unbearable Lightness of Green in China

August 11, 2010 No Comments

Clean and renewable energies operations in China have a bit of wiggle room for the next couple years because of favorable Chinese government subsidies for wind power, and the national and local policies of other countries in the PV market (especially in Europe).

Clean Energy, Investment Analysis, Renewable Energy, Solar, Uncategorized, Wind

Who Wants to Be Efficient?

August 5, 2010 No Comments

Without home-grown innovation in China in the same vane as the research that has nearly doubled thin-film efficiencies, China will be hard put to be more than a follower.

Investment Analysis, Renewable Energy, Solar, Uncategorized

Solar Water Heating: The Missed Opportunity

July 13, 2010 No Comments

Chinese companies are the world’s largest producers of solar water heaters, and the Chinese domestic market account for over 65% of the world’s installed capacity.

Clean Energy, Solar

China Producing “Silicon Sneakers”

June 13, 2010 No Comments

by Bill Dodson It doesn’t take long when you live and work in China to realize that altruism seldom fits into Chinese business calculations. As far as the renewable energies manufacturing sector is concerned, the Chinese government and entrepreneurs see the potential for riches to be made from the manufacture of equipment that captures, transforms ...

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Green-washing Solar Panel Manufacture

June 1, 2010 No Comments

Prospects for growth for the company in the China market are huge, as Chinese PV makers have until a recent change in government policy been pouring a poisonous slurry into plastic bags they pile up in the back of their factory compounds.

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China PV Manufacturers: New Kids on the Block

May 17, 2010 No Comments

Nearly all the Chinese PV producers my colleague and I saw at the show boasted start-up dates of 2007 and 2008, as though the weight of 4,000 years of history filled in the rest of the technical and quality advancements upon which the industry based its reputation.

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Solar Dreams

June 17, 2008 No Comments

Julian Wong over at the The Green Leap Forward blog recently published an entry on the development of the solar power industry in Chengdu in particular, and in China – from a policies point of view – in general. I liked the lengthy article because I learned something significant about how a China x-tier city ...

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Hydropower Projects Plunge Ahead

China will invest 400 billion yuan ($62 billion) in the construction of four hydroelectric dams.

Big Wind Turbines Planned for China’s Shoreline

China will have five-gigawatts of offshore wind installed capacity by 2015.

Photovoltaic Inverter Benefits From 12th Five-Year Plan

PV inverters are receiving more attention from the National Development and Reform Commission

Draft Law Relieves Electric Vehicles of Taxation

A new Vehicle and Vessel Tax Law would exempt fuel-cell vehicles and hybrid vehicles from taxation.

Electric Vehicles Receive Greater Policy Support

China will have 1.5 million new energy vehicles by 2015.

Shanghai Electricity Demands Too Hot to Handle

The Shanghai power company is urging 3,000 non-industrial users to close their businesses during the hottest days of summer.

Subsidies to Wind Turbine Manufacturers Will Continue

China to continue to supply subsidies to wind turbine manufacturers.

The Cost of Solar Power Drops

The cost of PV power in China has dropped 50% in the last three years.

Giving in to the Coal Addiction

China will accelerate the construction of coal-fired power stations to deliver electricity to areas short of power.

Analysis: China’s Alternative Energy Policy after Fukushima ($)

China's Solar and wind power industries in particular are beneficiaries of Japan's nuclear tragedy.

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