Almost all China-based integrated solar makers facing financial pressure,says LDK Solar president Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Wednesday 19 September 2012]China-based LDK Solar recently announced a huge net loss for the second ...
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The upstream LED chip market has been in oversupply causing the price of MOCVD equipment to drop 30-40% compared to the price two years ago. According to Digitmes Research, Asia accounted for 80% of global demand for MOCVD equipment in ...
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SFT introduces Energy Star-listed LED decorative lamp Magnolia series, perfect for chandelier application Date Announced: 15 Sep 2012 The rebate qualified LED products improves ROI and delivers energy efficiencies to commercial ...
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Digitimes Research: June solar installations surge to 1.69GW in Germany Press release[Friday 14 September 2012] Solar installations usually increase significantly before the effective date of solar incentive cuts. New solar installations ...
Tags: Digitimes, Solar installations, PV inverter firms-SMA, RPS
China's National Energy Administration recently disclosed that its target for new solar-powered plants during the 12th Five-Year Plan period is 10GW. The government also set its target for individual installations at 10GW. Additionally, the ...
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China's Ministry of Finance and National Development and Reform Commission have jointly held open price-bidding competition for 2012-2013 LED lighting subsidies of which the total amount may be as much as CNY1.0 billion(US$157 million),with ...
Tags: Lighting Subsidies, China Government, Lighting, Price
Sanan Optoelectronics has been experiencing record high revenues and profit margins in first-half 2012. Nevertheless, the firm's inventory turnover days is relatively high showing that it is possible for the firm to experience an oversupply ...
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The China government has raised the bar for LED lighting standards used to measure eligibility for subsidy programs in 2012-2013. In addition, firms cannot bid on projects with prices below production costs. China's LED industry believes ...
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China-based LED chipmaker Sanan Optoelectronics may enter Taiwan's LED supply chain in third-quarter 2012. The firm has been certified by packaging houses such as Everlight and Unity Opto, said industry sources. Sanan has been quoting low ...
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Classic economics believes in small government and let the market mechanism run its course. Keynesian economics believes in interventions, in particular, government interventions to smooth out the business cycles. Most governments have been ...
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The China government said it would announce a list of firms selected for LED lighting subsidies in March. However, this announcement has been delayed. The government planned to introduce four LED subsidy programs in 2012, but with the ...
China-based polysilicon makers urge government to investigate dumping by US-,South Korea-based makers Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Friday 22 June 2012]China-based polysilicon makers have urged the China government to launch ...
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Lee Biing-jye, chairman of Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar, has noted the firm's order visibility for TV LED backlight units (BLU) is clear to August. Orders in September will depend on demand in China to gauge consumer demand during the ...
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Commentary:China government needs to create projects with sufficient IRRs to save solar industry Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Tuesday 19 June 2012]Some China-based solar firms have been falling into bankruptcies since the ...
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Following the announcement of anti-dumping duties on China-made solar cells that range from 31-250%by the US Department of Commerce,more anti-subsidy duties have been levied on China-made wind towers.The anti-subsidy duties for China-based ...
Tags: China, PV, renewable energy, US