Global solar demand in 2012 to grow by 20%,says NSP chairman Nuying Huang,Hsinchu;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Wednesday 20 June 2012]Quincy Lin,chairman of Taiwan-based solar cell maker Neo Solar Power(NSP),has noted that the firm's solar cell ...
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Limited funds and lack of capacity expansion plans plague solar equipment sector Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Monday 18 June 2012] On June 13,the world's second largest solar equipment firm,Germany-based Centrotherm,issued a ...
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For suppliers of products and services for the air, water, and energy industries there are some substantial double-digit growth opportunities. Ten of these have been identified as the most promising by the McIlvaine Company These are ranked ...
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Demand for solar cells with higher conversion efficiency has been rising causing various types of technologies to be taken notice by the industry.The solar industry continues to strive for highest returns with lowest production costs and ...
Taiwan solar firms have been looking to recruit new staff for the past two quarters due to increasing orders.In addition,the solar industry in Greater China has been adding workers with non-engineering backgrounds such as finance and ...
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LED chipmaker Epileds said it has been running at full capacity in second-quarter 2012. However, market conditions for the third quarter are unclear and despite an oversupply of LED chips in the market, the firm is striving for flat ...
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Second-quarter 2012 LED prices have been flat, according to industry sources. Demand has been high pushing capacity utilization rates to remain high. If prices continue to hold in the third quarter, the overall fall of ASPs in 2012 may be ...
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Commentary:Solar trade war between US and China looming Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES,Taipei [Friday 18 May 2012]In 2011,several US-based solar firms such as Solyndra,SepctraWatt,Evergreen Solar,and Energy Conversion Devices filed for ...
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More PV generating capacity was added in 2011 than wind and gas combined,finds new report. Top-ten PV markets in 2011 The European Photovoltaics Industry Association's(EPIA's)latest annual report on the global PV market has found ...
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Sales of CMOS image sensors will grow 8%this year to$6.3bn compared to$5.8bn in 2011,when the market climbed 29%from$4.5bn in 2010,says IC Insights. The 2011 increase pushed CMOS image sensor sales above the previous record of$4.6bn set ...
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Solar market imbalance to last through 2013,says Motech CEO Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES,Taipei[Thursday 10 May 2012]The solar industry has been suffering the current downturn for over a year and has not yet seen the end of the tunnel and market ...
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Commentary:Cooperation with traditional energy firms to help spur solar demand Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Thursday 10 May 2012]The governments in Europe have been cutting down incentives for solar PV systems.Emerging solar ...
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With demand from downstream customers remaining lukewarm in the face of an uncertain global economic outlook, China Steel Corp (CSC) decided to keep domestic contract steel prices for June unchanged. The nation's largest and only integrated ...
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While Lextar Electronics Corp. estimates its production will run at full capacity by end of the second quarter at the earliest and Genesis Photonics Inc. has been inundated with orders this month, Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. and Epistar ...
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Barclays Capital finds that light-emitting diode (LED) manufacturing and materials patents will soon run out, potentially draining value from material/chip/package suppliers and turning LEDs into commodities. These financial and market ...
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