China's Ministry of Finance has announced the subsidies for built-in PV (BIPV) systems and normal solar PV installations. The subsidy for BIPV is CNY9 (US$1.43)/watt while the subsidy for normal solar PV installations is CNY7.5/watt. The ...
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To center on energy sector, Panasonic Corp. has reorganized its business fields and two wholly owned units into three main groups. According to the company, the major electronics maker's business fields as of Sunday are now divided into ...
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As 2012 comes, Taiwan LED industry looks forward to a Healthy Year in 2012,and some manufactures have started to revive. Huga Optotech ended unpaid furlough practice when New Year comes, signaling that Taiwan’s LED industry is getting ...
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Taiwan state-financed Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has set up a partnership Tuesday among local companies to use LED technology to improve the quality and quantity of local agricultural and livestock products. According ...
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San Antonio city officials have planned to renovate the old 85, 000 incandescent bulbs on the River Walk with nearly 2 million LED lights. Now, nearly 200 trees have their trunks wrapped in thousands of lights. After the city originally ...
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After late last month reporting record luminous efficiency of 216lm/W for a warm-white LED with a high-voltage chipset, Taiwan’s largest LED chipmaker Epistar Corp of Hsinchu, Taiwan has launched three LED chipset products - ...
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Samsung Electronics has announced that it will merge its LED division with its broader corporate entity effective April 1. The Board of Directors of Samsung Electronics has announced its decision to seek a merger with Samsung LED Ltd, the ...
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With over 600 LED lighting fixtures, the USS Chafee has become the first US Navy ship to be fitted with all-LED lighting. Energy Focus, Inc. (OTC BB: EFOI.OB), a provider of energy-efficient LED lighting fixtures based in Solon, OH, has ...
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Taiwan was the leading LED-producing country during 2011, according to estimates, and has also recently unveiled a collaboration to promote the use of LEDs in agriculture. Taiwan's LED industry remained the world's largest by revenue in ...
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Solar cell makers have wanted to increase prices but many firms lack order visibility. Hence, despite the consensus to increase quotes, fewer firms are taking action. The prices of solar products have dropped significantly in 2011. Solar ...
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Low demand for LED TV backlight units (BLUs) has been causing LED firms to seek markets elsewhere. Some Taiwan-based LED firms have been trying to enter the agricultural sector by providing lighting sources. The average selling price (ASP) ...
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Business Lighting Solutions has partnered with Schneider Electric to install LED-based retrofit lamps for T8 fluorescent fixtures at an Air New Zealand facility delivering more than 50% energy savings. Business Lighting Solutions (BLS) has ...
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The global production capacity of LED epitaxial wafers and chips exceeded the market demand in 2011 and the situation is expected to continue in 2012, according to president M.J. Chou for Taiwan-based Epistar. Following South Korea-based ...
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The solar market is going to be better by second-quarter 2012, said Chi-jen Chen, chairman of Taiwan-based conductive paste maker Giga Solar. Due to the falling of utilization rates in the market in fourth-quarter 2011 and price drops of ...
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South Korea-based solar firms such as Samsung, Hyundai and LG have been eager to enter the solar market. The South Korea-based players have been quoting solar modules close to China-based peers to increase market share. Industry sources ...
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