Digitimes Research:Solar spot prices in Greater China freeze before final verdict of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES,Taipei[Friday 11 May 2012]Spot prices of solar products in Greater China remained flat ...
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 ...
Tags: motech industries, zero export tariff on China-made solar wafers
Weather conditions and holidays in Europe and the US are likely to cause Taiwan-based solar firms to report falling December revenues. Some firms have been seeing orders returning for January and expect relatively good performance despite ...
Tags: solar firms, December revenues, Solar cell, Solar cell prices
With solar programs in Europe continuing to stimulate demand in the second half of 2012, total installations in Germany for the first three quarters of 2012 were close to 6.2GW, and the figure is expected to reach 7.8-8GW for the whole year ...
Tags: solar, solar firms, PV inverter, PV inverter firms
While tier-one China-based solar module makers quote EUR0.45/watt in the Europe market and US$0.6/watt in the US market, a few tier-two China-based fellow makers are dumping solar modules at EUR0.34/watt in the Europe market, decreasing by ...
Tags: solar modules, solar cell, solar supply, solar
When the solar industry was experiencing a boom before 2010, many firms were attracted to enter the market and began massive investments, causing an oversupply which has seen many firms face financial trouble. In 2011 alone, 40 firms, ...
Tags: solar industry, South Korea, polysilicon, OCI
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 ...
US-based solar crystal growing furnace maker GT Advanced Technologies has announced plans to write down the majority of its directional solidification system (DSS) inventory, meaning the firm will no longer supply such equipment to the ...
Tags: DSS Inventory, GT Advanced Technologies, inventory polysilicon
Taiwan-based solar firms have been facing difficulties investing in international solar projects due to complexities such as local power companies, political atmosphere, and cultural habits. Solar makers noted that compared to selling ...
Tags: Taiwan Solar Firms, International Markets, Solar Firms, Lighting
While some China-based makers are actively developing N-type mono-crystalline solar cells featuring energy conversion rates of over 20% in a bid to win lending from banks, Taiwan-based makers generally hold the opinion that the time is not ...
Tags: N-Type Monocrystalline Solar Cells, Solar Cells, Taiwan
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 ...
Tags: China Solar Firms, N-Type Mono-Crystalline Solar Products
The merger of Taiwan-based solar firms Neo Solar Power (NSP) and DelSolar (a subsidiary of Delta Electronics) has been seen as beneficial and a necessary trend for the industry, as NSP gains strong financial support and Delta finds a way to ...
Tags: solar merger, Neo Solar Power, Solar makers, Solar market
Taiwan's Bureau of Energy plans to hold a business conference regarding Taiwan-based firms developing markets such as the US and Thailand on December 21,2012. Solar makers noted that the US market is relatively transparent but requires a ...
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
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 ...