Taiwan-based solar-grade crystalline silicon wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET) on March 27 released its financial report for 2013, recording consolidated revenues of NT$13.258 billion (US$444 million), gross margin of negative 12%, ...
Japan has become the largest market for China-made PV products, accounting for 24.63% of total export value in 2013 and 34.23% in January-February 2014, according to the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and ...
Tags: PV Products, PV export
Although demand for LED chips for backlighting applications in display screens is expected to decline, LED lighting sales are growing, and total shipments of LED chips are on the rise. According to DisplaySearch, worldwide LED lighting chip ...
AU Optronics (AUO) is organizing a subsidiary, Star River Energy, specifically as a platform to invest in PV systems and solar power-generating stations, according to AUO. AUO plans to introduce financial investors in Star River, the ...
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While the US Department of Commerce is conducting an anti-dumping investigation of China-based PV module makers and their cell suppliers in Taiwan, the China makers reportedly have asked their government to talk with the US about setting ...
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OLED technology might lag behind LED in terms of luminous efficacy and affordability, but technology advancements are shortening the gap between the contesting technologies, according to lighting experts at Taiwan and Japan Lighting ...
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The EU will lower the floor price for PV modules imported from China from EUR0.56 (US0.77)/W currently to EUR0.53/W beginning April 1, 2014, with the annual import quota remaining unchanged at 7GWp, according to China-based media reports. ...
Tags: PV Modules, China-Made Modules
Global LED lighting market value is estimated at US$30.5 billion for 2014 and will increase to US$51.6 billion in 2018, according to Liu Chun-ting, director general for Electronics and Optoelectronics Research Laboratories (EORL) under ...
Tags: LED Lighting Market, LED lighting, LED
Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell maker Gintech Energy will not distribute any dividend for 2013, while ingot and wafer maker Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) will distribute a cash dividend per share of NT$1 (US$0.03), ...
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Mainly due to fast growing global demand for LED lighting, the LED industry will enjoy three golden years during 2014-2017, according to chairman Lee Biing-jye for Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar. Global demand for ...
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Toshiba has said it plans to sign at least three partnerships over the next year to manufacture LED lighting fixtures in Europe. The move could bring a significant boost its presence in Europe. The manufacturer, which already makes ...
The solar photovoltaic (PV) industry is set for rapid growth over the next five years, with up to 100GW annual deployment being targeted in 2018, according to Solarbuzz. This end-market growth is projected to increase annual PV module ...
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Philips has announced that it has entered into a joint venture in Saudi Arabia, buying 51 per cent of General Lighting Company (GLC), a major lighting company in Saudi, for $235 million. Philips’ current lighting activities in the ...
Tags: Lights, Lighting, LED lighting, energy efficient lighting
The European Patent Office (EPO) has revealed that Philips filed the third largest number of patent applications in Europe in 2013. According to the organisation, Philips filed 1,839 patent applications, up 59 per cent compared to 2012 ...
Tags: lighting, LED products, Philips, patent
The battle is on to create an LED light source that replicates the dimming characteristics of halogen. Ben Cronin asks if Lucent's Ambience WarmDim comes close It would be an understatement to say there are parts of the?lighting market ...