Quincy Lin, chairman of Taiwan-based solar cell maker Neo Solar Power (NSP), has noted that administrative, procurement, and R&D costs can be lowered through merging with DelSolar. According to Lin, currently solar cells and modules are ...
Solar material makers have stated that China has been expanding domestic demand and some tier-one solar firms have been seeing capacity utilization rate rebound to 50% in October from 20-30% in September. China's government has been ...
Tags: solar firms, solar market, solar installations, Energy
IMS Research forecasts 2013 to be another challenging year for PV inverter manufacturers, with flat revenue growth globally and a major shift away from traditional markets leading to a reshaping of the supplier base, according to the ...
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Take a look back at the glasstecs of the past few years and you might just find a noticeable difference in this year's staging. While the Solarpeq exhibition is still a part of the event,its presence is small compared to the past couple ...
Commentary:Non-FIT business model to pave way for grid parity Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Monday 15 October 2012]The continuous feed-in-tariff(FIT)cuts by Europe's governments and increasing trade barriers have been pushing ...
Tags: China, solar industry, new business model, grid parity
A Portland startup is angling to capitalize on the coming spike in sales of LED lighting as prices for the ultra-efficient lighting technology start a downward path. Sam Manafi, president of LED Trail, said he doesn't want to see the ...
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Sharp plans to withdraw solar panel production in EU and US Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Friday 28 September 2012]Japan-based Sharp plans to cut solar panel production in Europe and the US.The firm plans to gather resources ...
Tags: Sharp, solar panel production, Asia markets, corporate restructuring
Solar market to return to stability in February 2013,says SAS chairman Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES [Thursday 27 September 2012]MK Lu,chairman of Taiwan-based solar wafer and LED sapphire substrate maker Sino-American ...
Tags: 2013 chairman, China, SAS Companies, solar market, return to stability
Agricultural installations in China provide 300MW boost to PV domestic sales,says Solarbuzz Press release;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES [Tuesday 18 September 2012]New solar projects on agricultural land are playing a pivotal role within the rapid ...
India likely to start anti-dumping probe into solar products,says China media Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES [Tuesday 18 September 2012]India's government has received complaints from the domestic solar industry asking it to ...
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Commentary:Global solar market losing energy Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Friday 14 September 2012]Since the second quarter of 2011,the global solar market has been a ship trying to sail in a hurricane.Solar markets in Europe ...
Tags: Global Solar Market, TSMC, Solon, Q-Cells, and Centrotherm
Digitimes Research: June solar installations surge to 1.69GW in Germany Press release[Friday 14 September 2012] Solar installations usually increase significantly before the effective date of solar incentive cuts. New solar installations ...
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This is particularly true for the Asia-Pacific region, where we have seen massive growth in demand for cutting edge LED technology, particularly in the solar market - this is supported by a recent report from Frost and Sullivan, which found ...
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Digitimes Research: US solar installations to reach 3.6-4GW in 2012 Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Taipei [Monday 10 September 2012] The first quarter of the year is usually a low season for the solar market, however, in the US, first-quarter ...
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The European Commission launched an anti-dumping investigation against China-based solar firms on September 6.The investigation is scheduled to take nine months before preliminary results are announced.A final verdict will then be announced ...
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