Solar cell maker Solartech Energy will temporarily suspend one of its 11 production lines in Taiwan and continue operating the other 10 to maintain a local capacity utilization rate at 90%, according to Chinese-language newspaper Economic ...
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Significantly decreased global demand has pressed Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers to lower quotes from an average level of US$0.30-0.32/W for polycrystalline silicon models in February 2015 to that of US$0.28-0.32/W ...
The overall PV market price in the first quarter of 2015 is expected to remain constant until the end of the Lunar New Year. Afterwards, shipment demand will decrease and pricing will drop. The beginning of the holiday season in China meets ...
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The overall PV market price in the first quarter of 2015 will remain constant until the end of the Chinese New Year; afterwards, shipment demand will decrease and the price will drop, expected EnergyTrend, a research division of TrendForce. ...
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Some Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers, faced with price drops and decreased orders arising from the US imposition of preliminary anti-dumping tariffs at an average rate of 24.23%, have plans to relocate production lines ...
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As many Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers have increasingly shifted production from polycrystalline models to monocrystalline ones for higher gross margins, increased global supply plus decreased demand may drive prices for ...
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Taiwan-based makers plan to hike quotes for polycrystalline silicon solar cells with energy conversion rates over 17.4% to US$0.41-0.45/W in February 2014 to reflect increases in the cost of solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafers, ...
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Since the beginning of the second quarter, prices of solar wafers and cells in Taiwan have been increasing due to expectations that Europe may levy anti-dumping and anti-subsidy tariffs on China-based peers. Currently, prices of solar cells ...
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Due to rising capacity utilization rates and rising solar cell prices in the first quarter of 2013, Taiwan-based solar cell maker Motech saw gross margin rise to negative 8% from negative 15.7% in the fourth quarter of 2012. According to ...
Falling solar cell prices have been marginalizing concentrated solar power (CSP) products for years. But after the adoption of thermal energy storage (TES) using molten salt (which can increase the capacity factor of CSP) and using ...
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A few China- and Taiwan-based solar cell makers are fully utilizing their production capacities due to increased demand and therefore cannot accept new orders, while some tier-two makers have been unwilling to hike capacity utilization to ...
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 ...
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Taiwan-based solar cell makers expect China-based competitors to stop dumping their products in December when the off season begins, helping stabilize prices, according to industry sources. Solar cell prices have continued declining from ...
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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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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 ...