Suntech Power Holdings, a China-based solar module giant, said on March 11, 2013, that it has signed a forbearance agreement with the holders of more than 60% of the firm's 3% convertible notes. The forbearance agreement between Suntech and ...
Tags: Suntech, Lighting, solar module
Solar firms in Greater China hoped to increase quotes before the Lunar New Year holidays, but a delay in China announcing its anti-dumping and anti-subsidy probe results has deterred the industry from raising prices for fear of losing ...
Tags: Solar firms, China, solar cells
The Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM) recently appealed to the US Department of Commerce that China-based firms may assemble solar modules with solar cells produced outside of China for the US market. This is likely to ...
Tags: CASM, solar modules, solar makers
At the first temporary meeting of the Taiwan LED Lighting Alliance, Frank Chien, chairman of Formosa Epitaxy, stated that Taiwan-based firms need to find new markets and business models instead of focusing on taking OEM orders. The alliance ...
Tags: LED Lighting Alliance, Taiwan, LED chips
Due to falling LED chip prices, market observers believe Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar will need to rely on AlGaInP LED sales to increase the firm's profit margin while it is unlikely for Formosa Epitaxy to return to profitability ...
Tags: LED chip, LED capacity, LED prices
Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar and Japan-based Toyoda Gosei have signed an agreement to set up a joint venture for the China market. According to Toyodo Gosei, the LED market in China has been plagued by price competition making it ...
Tags: LED chipmaker, Epistar, Toyoda Gosei, LED market
In view of increasing demand from Japan because feed-in tariff (FIT) rates will be lowered soon, Taiwan-based solar module makers plan to adjust their quotes up or down in early February, according to industry sources. At the end of the ...
Tags: Taiwan, solar module, FIT, February
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, ...
Tags: GET Green Energy Technology, polysilicon, decrease, China market
Japan-based Kaneka, a solar firm that produces N-type mono-crystalline solar cell using heterojunction with intrinsic thin layer (HIT) technology, has reportedly been discussing cooperation with Taiwan-based firms such as Gintech and Neo ...
Tags: Kaneka, solar cell, HIT, NSP, Taiwan
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 ...
Tags: Trade Wars, Global Solar Market, global solar industry, Energy
Lextar, a LED subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO), has announced its merger with Wellypower, another AUO subsidiary. Lextar noted that demand for high-power chip-on-board (COB) products has been growing, hence 2012 COB packaging product ...
Tags: LED, COB Lextar, LED lighting, AUO, LED backlight
Oversupply in the downstream solar market has been causing the supply of crystal growing furnaces to exceed demand by 100%. In addition, cheap second-hand equipment has been available to solar firms. Nevertheless, despite the availability ...
Taiwan-based Nan Ya Photonics, a joint venture between LED chipmaker Epistar and the Formosa Plastic Group, has completed installation of an automated production line. The plant's monthly capacity of LED light bulbs will be around 400,000 ...
Tags: LED lighting
Lextar, a LED subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO), has announced its merger with Wellypower, another AUO subsidiary. Lextar noted that demand for high-power chip-on-board (COB) products has been growing, hence 2012 COB packaging product ...
Tags: LED backlight, LED lighting
China reportedly will announce the preliminary anti-dumping verdict against US- and South Korea-based polysilicon firms in first-quarter 2013. This will affect the supply chain, which has already been fluctuating in recent years. Most solar ...
Tags: Polysilicon Price, preliminary anti-dumping verdict, Anti-Dumping Tariff