Some China-based solar firms hope to terminate long-term polysilicon supply contracts with international firms. The latter noted that it is quite difficult to do so because when the firms signed the contracts, there were material shortages ...
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The solar industry believes market conditions will improve in 2013 because firms now have a consensus to stop price competition. In addition, firms that dumped products and disrupted prices now have lower inventory levels, hence the market ...
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China's Golden Sun Demonstration projects achieved a total installation capacity of 4.54GW in 2012, up 548.57% from 2011, according to media reports from China. China's government has been aggressively promoting domestic demand as the ...
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The solar market saw many unexpected events in 2012. Solar makers believe in 2013, the Europe market will see adjustments such as Germany installations declining to government-planned levels and France increasing incentives. Market ...
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Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET) saw December revenues reach NT$739 million (US$25 million), representing an on-month decrease of 3.75% and on-year decrease of 15.97%. 2012 revenues were NT$9.837 billion, ...
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The price in the solar supply chain has been relatively stable since the second half of the fourth quarter in 2012. However, due to the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation on polysilicon firms by the China government, China-based ...
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The China government has been eager to develop and expand domestic solar demand because the solar supply chain faces anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations in international markets. This has caused China's state-owned enterprises to ...
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For the global solar industry, 2012 has been about trade wars. The US and Europe both started anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations against the world's largest solar supply chain, China. In addition, oversupply continues to plague ...
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Lin Her-lon, chairman of Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET), has said that orders have been strong and capacity is fully booked. Lin added that the firm has been planning to rent solar wafer manufacturing ...
Digitimes Research:Solar spot prices in Greater China freeze before final verdict of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES,Taipei[Friday 11 May 2012]Spot prices of solar products in Greater China remained flat ...
Commentary:Zero export tariff on China-made solar wafers likely to push down global wafer prices Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES,Taipei[Friday 11 May 2012]China-based solar firms have been demanding the government cut export tariffs on solar wafers ...
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While tier-one China-based solar module makers quote EUR0.45/watt in the Europe market and US$0.6/watt in the US market, a few tier-two China-based fellow makers are dumping solar modules at EUR0.34/watt in the Europe market, decreasing by ...
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N-type mono-crystalline solar cells have high production costs, making them less competitive. Nevertheless, China-based firms have been eager to enter the market. The cost of N-type mono-crystalline solar cells is high due to immature ...
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel's agreement with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's opposition to trade protectionism implies that she may attempt to dissuade the EU Commission from launching an anti-dumping investigation against solar products ...
The solar PV system segment is one of the most profitable segments in the solar supply chain,especially for firms with stable cash flow.Nevertheless,some firms have not been able to enter the segment due to lack of capital. From upstream ...