In 2012, the global solar market was affected by incentive policy changes in various countries. Now such incentive programs are mostly aimed at pushing steady market growth until grid parity is achieved. In Europe, solar PV installations ...
Stung by plunging sales in Japan and declining demand in North America and Western Europe, global television shipments in 2012 fell, marking a major inflection point that will have a lasting impact on the market, according to an IHS iSuppli ...
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Japanese carmaker Nissan is planning to invest EUR130m at its Barcelona manufacturing facility in Spain, to build a new passenger car model. Production of the new compact family car is scheduled to start in July 2014 at the Spanish ...
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Due to oil and electricity price hikes, the second wave of energy-saving home appliance subsidies introduced by Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) in 2012 showed positive effects. According to MOEA, total sales stimulated by 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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In 2012, demand for TV-use LED backlight products was high, helping LED firms to maintain high to full capacity utilization rate. As many governments are beginning to ban the use of incandescent bulbs, the LED lighting market is expected to ...
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China government updates LED subsidy announcement Siu Han,Taipei;Alex Wolfgram,DIGITIMES.China's Ministry of Science and Technology recently published development targets for the LED industry.The targets include nurturing 20-30 industry ...
LED chipmaker Epistar has reported November revenues of NT$1.365 billion (US$46.92 million), down 10% on month, but representing an on-year increase of 6%. Accumulated revenues for October-November were NT$2.884 billion, showing a growth ...
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A planned subsidy for LED lamps could halve their price for consumers in Taiwan,and should also provide a welcome boost for the local LED industry. LED manufacturers in Taiwan received a boost last week when government officials announced ...
Thailand enjoys long sunshine hours. Its capital city, Bangkok, has an average year-round temperature of 24-degrees Celsius with over 1,800 sunshine hours/year. Central and Northeastern Thailand have over 1,850 hours of sunshine per year. ...
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(China Glass Network) Upward trend of glass price continues and keeps stable this week, market price increasing range of Beijing, Qinhuangdao, Shanghai, Xi’an, Zhengzhou and Wuhan stay between 0.5% and 1.0%. Latest news of the ...
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Chinese government has completed the bidding process for the 2012 Solid-State Lighting Product Subsidy. And Foshan Electrical and Lighting Co., Ltd. (Foshan Lighting) has announced to win the bid for 400,000 units LED lamps. According to ...
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Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs is studying the feasibility of subsidizing households which replace fluorescent lighting and incandescent lights with LED light bulbs, Vice Minister of Economic Affairs Francis Liang made the remark on ...
The Ministry of Economic Affairs is studying the feasibility of subsidizing households which replace fluorescent lighting and incandescent lights with energy-efficient and higher-priced LED light bulbs, Vice Minister of Economic Affairs ...
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Taiwan-based LED firm Unity Opto has reported July consolidated revenues of NT$785 million (US$26.22 million), a record high figure representing an on-month increase of 10.1% and an on-year increase of 51%. According to the firm, ...
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