solar business
Often overshadowed by construction-happy Dubai, its extravagant, cosmopolitan and pretentious cousin, Abu Dhabi is a laid-back Persian Gulf city with ambitions of its own: to reinvent itself as a center for clean energy, an unlikely goal for a place fueled by petrodollars.
In recent years, the boom in solar energy has given birth to a global industry brimming with potential.
Canada's most recent CanSIA Solar Energy Conference, an annual meeting of the minds between companies, government officials, non-profit organizations, banks, law firms and consultants, drew more than double the number of attendees than the previous year.
Don’t be fooled by the name: Canadian Solar Inc. (Nasdaq: CSIQ) may be incorporated in Canada, but its headquarters and manufacturing operations are situated half a world away in China.
The economic downturn has been less than kind to solar power businesses, which have lost much of their shine across the board.
