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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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 ...
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Less than a year after acquiring it Sony Electronics Inc in December 2011,Soitec of Bernin,France has opened its North American concentrator photovoltaic(CPV)module manufacturing facility in San Diego after completing on schedule an ...
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Tokyo-based Solar Frontier (a subsidiary of Japanese energy business Showa Shell Sekiyu) – the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules - is suspending production at its 60MW 'MP2' ...
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Tokyo-based Solar Frontier K.K. (a subsidiary of Japanese energy business Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K.) – the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules - and Iberdrola Ingenieria & ...
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Suntech Power Holdings today announced that its solar modules have passed the blowing sand test based on DIN EN 60068-2-68 LC2 by SGS, an inspection, verification, testing and Certification Company. The SGS test result confirms that ...
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Suppliers of solar modules and balance-of-systems components are preparing for a potential first-quarter 2013 revenue windfall in the UK market.The windfall will be stimulated by anticipated downward revisions to Renewable Obligation ...
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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 ...
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA – which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) – has announced the release of its Series 3 FS-392 module, which is rated at 92.5 watts and maintains all ...
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Canadian Solar Inc.("the Company","Canadian Solar"or"we")(NASDAQ:CSIQ),one of the world's largest solar power companies,today announced that it will hold a conference call on Thursday,November 15,2012 at 8:00 a.m.U.S.Eastern Standard ...
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The solar inverter manufacturer Delta Energy Systems (Germany) GmbH is entering the UK PV market, focusing on residential installations. The string inverter models SOLIVIA 2.5, 3.0 and 3.3 EU G3 with an output power ranging between 2.5 ...
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Japan-based Kyocera obtained a 3-busbar solar cell patent in Japan in September 2012. Some other Japan-based solar firms have been asking Taiwan-based solar cell OEM firms to change products to 2-busbar solar cells. This means products need ...
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JCM Capital today announced that it has sold an 850kW portfolio of rooftop solar PV projects in Ontario to BrightRoof Solar. The projects were originated,developed and financed to commercial operation by JCM. The portfolio consists of ...
After filing for Chapter 11-type insolvency protection in July,centrotherm photovoltaics AG of Blaubeuren,Germany,which provides equipment and turnkey production lines for manufacturing both crystalline silicon solar cells and copper indium ...
Tokyo-based Solar Frontier K.K. (a subsidiary of Japanese energy business Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K.) – the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – says that its ...
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