GCL-Poly determined to hold current polysilicon price, says chairman Nuying Huang, Taipei; Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES [Monday 1 October 2012] Market observers believe China's anti-dumping investigation against US- and South Korea-based ...
The Taiwan government's National Development Fund (NDF) has approved the establishment of a NT$10 billion (US$345.7 million) lending program to offer loans for exports of green energy products. To encourage local banks to participate in the ...
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US financial institutes may securitize solar PV system projects. Solar firms believe securitization of solar PV projects could help firms obtain funds easier, which would benefit the industry. Solar firms added that the commercialization ...
The latest rumors regarding a possible merger between Taiwan-based solar cell makers Motech and Neo Solar Power (NSP) have been denied by both firms. In addition, rumors regarding Gintech meeting up with TSMC to discuss possible cooperation ...
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India has a long and hot summer with temperatures around 35-48 degrees Celsius from March-September.The average annual sunshine hours in India exceeds 2,000 hours,making it a suitable country for developing solar energy.The northwestern and ...
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A global solar trade war continues to loom as India joins the group of countries that have been conducting anti-dumping probes against firms in China.India,however,also aims to investigate solar firms from Malaysia,the US,and Taiwan. A ...
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The solar industry has been in a market downturn but solar cell conductive paste makers continue to see better profits. Taiwan-based Giga Solar, a silver, silver aluminum, and aluminum conductive paste maker, reported gross margin for ...
Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell maker Motech Industries will issue Euro convertible bonds(ECBs)worth US$130 million to raise funds for overseas materials procurement,with the issuance expected to be finished in early ...
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Germany may stop all incentives for ground-mounted large-size solar installations in 2013.Hence,In September,installations in Germany which were close to 1GW,more than 80%of the systems were large-size systems.As Germany's government switch ...
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The European Union launched an investigation on Thursday into alleged state subsidies for Chinese solar panel manufacturers, intensifying a trade war between the two centered on the multi-billion dollar solar power market. The EU's ...
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Solar material makers have stated that China has been expanding domestic demand and some tier-one solar firms have been seeing capacity utilization rate rebound to 50% in October from 20-30% in September. China's government has been ...
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Taiwan-based solar cell maker Neo Solar Power (NSP) has reported sales in the third quarter reached NT$2.962 billion (US$101 million), with gross margin of negative 10.86%. According to the firm, due to falling average selling price (ASP), ...
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Chi-jen Chen, chairman of Taiwan-based conductive paste maker Giga Solar, has indicated that the solar industry hit bottom in September and is likely to rebound in October. This rebound is obvious in the solar cell segment. Chen believes ...
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Lowest solar cell price remains at US$0.35/watt in mid-October Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Wednesday 17 October 2012]Taiwan-based solar cell makers have been keeping their lowest quotes at around US$0.35/watt in ...
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Commentary:Non-FIT business model to pave way for grid parity Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Monday 15 October 2012]The continuous feed-in-tariff(FIT)cuts by Europe's governments and increasing trade barriers have been pushing ...
Tags: China, solar industry, new business model, grid parity