Creating domestic demand is more important than funding international projects,says Giga Solar chairman Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Monday 8 October 2012]The Taiwan government should create domestic demand first instead of ...
Tags: giga solar, solar cell, energy, Taiwan
With production overcapacity of 82%,solar panel manufacturers need to acquire innovative production equipment in order to cut costs,increase margins,and differentiate their products from less expensive Chinese rivals,says market analysis ...
Reeling from a glut of production capacity,makers of solar panels need to acquire innovative production equipment in order to cut costs,increase margins,and offer differentiated products,according to research released today byLux Research. ...
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Sharp plans to withdraw solar panel production in EU and US Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Friday 28 September 2012]Japan-based Sharp plans to cut solar panel production in Europe and the US.The firm plans to gather resources ...
Tags: Sharp, solar panel production, Asia markets, corporate restructuring
Picture:Monolithic molybdenum target with inner diameter coating. PLANSEE of Reutte,Austria(which makes refractory metals and composite materials including pressed-sintered crucibles made of tungsten and molybdenum)is presenting ...
Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath,Germany has announced a repeat order from AZUR SPACE Solar Power GmbH of Heilbronn,Germany for two more metal-organic chemical vapor deposition(MOCVD)systems,to be dedicated to growing ...
Tags: AZUR SPACE, solar, CPV, MOCVD
PV Book-to-bill ratio of just 0.33 measured in second quarter of 2012,with SEMI seeing no near-term recovery. Heading south:the global PV equipment market The market for photovoltaics manufacturing equipment continued to decline in ...
Tags: Semiconductor, PV Equipment, Low
LDK Solar(LDK),a China-based vertically integrated solar firm,has reported its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31,2012. The firm reported net sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2012 were US$200.1 ...
Tags: Solar, China, LDK, polysilicon
Fiber laser firm EOLITE sold for$10M 20 Jun 2012 Oregon-based laser system vendor Electro Scientific Industries buys the French company in an all-cash deal. EOLITE Systems,the venture-backed fiber laser specialist that is based at ...
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TAIPEI,Taiwan,Jun 18,2012(BUSINESS WIRE)--Photonics Festival in Taiwan(PFT)2012 and the concurrently held display Taiwan 2012 are ready to launch during June 19-21,2012.This year's show will take place in TWTC Nangang Exhibition Hall,with ...
Tags: Taiwan, PFT, Display Taiwan 2012, LED lighting, Solar, PV
'SCALENANO'consortium led by Barcelona energy research center looking to replace indium and print cells with nano-ink. IBM kesterite cells The Catalonia Institute for Energy Research(IREC)in Barcelona is to head up a 10.3million ...
Tags: CIGS Cells, IREC, solar cells, SCALENANO project, IBM Research, IMPT
Holy Sunergy to raise US$11.5 million for capacity expansion Nuying Huang,Henan;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Thursday 10 May 2012]Holy Sunergy,a solar wafer maker funded by Taiwan-based firms,will raise additional capital of US$11.5 million to ...
Tags: Holy Sunergy, capacity expansion, cell production, hydrogen fuel cells
Tainergy to expand capacity in China Nuying Huang,Henan;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Thursday 10 May 2012]Tainergy Tech will expand annual solar cell production capacity at its factory in Kunshan,eastern China,from 60MW in early 2012 to 120MW in ...
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Third-quarter results from Hanwha SolarOne echoed pricing pressure and weak demand - especially from Germany - that led to margin pressure, inventory write-downs and losses. Hanwha SolarOne reported US$225.4 million in revenue, a decrease ...
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Third-quarter results from Hanwha SolarOne echoed pricing pressure and weak demand - especially from Germany - that led to margin pressure, inventory write-downs and losses. Hanwha SolarOne reported US$225.4 million in revenue, a decrease ...
Tags: Weak Demand