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 Taiwan-based solar supply chain is likely to enter a period of consolidation. For upstream material providers, consolidation between downstream customers may create pressure on their costs. Digitimes recently sat down with Chi-jen Chen, ...
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Taiwan-based solar wafer and compact disc maker Gigastorage reported December 2012 revenues of NT$275 million (US$9.47 million), representing an on-month increase of 48.89%, and an on-year increase of 6.20%. Accumulated revenues for the ...
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Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Sino-American Silicon (SAS) reported 2012 total revenues of NT$4.414 billion (US$152 million) and global consolidated revenues of NT$19.072 billion. In particular, the firm's subsidiary GlobalWafers reported ...
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Revenues of CNY19.5 billion (US$3.1 billion) will be available to solar PV balance-of-systems suppliers in the Chinese solar market for 2013, according to NPD Solarbuzz. With a served addressable market of CNY5 billion by 2017, inverters ...
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Tier-one China-based solar wafer makers have decreased shipments to control supply in an attempt to increase prices later in January, according to industry sources in Taiwan. In line with the price increase of 5-10% aimed by Taiwan-based ...
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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 ...
Solar wafer prices to fluctuate in May,says industry source Nuying Huang,Henan;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Friday 11 May 2012]China's solar industry has been hit hard by oversupply in the market.Some firms are reportedly using shipments to repay ...
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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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 ...
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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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 ...
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The price of 6-inch solar wafers has hovered around US$1.05-1.10/unit in recent months,however,due to falling capacity utilization rates and dwindling demand in Europe,recent pricing has fallen close to US$1/unit. The price of 6-inch ...
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 ...
China's ten largest solar photovoltaic enterprises have accumulated upwards of 111 billion yuan($17.5 billion)in debt,recent data from U.S.financial services company Maxim Group shows. China's solar industry is mired in a crisis,facing ...
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