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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Lux Research’s ‘Module Cost Structure Update: Path to Profitability’ report says that the solar industry is reeling from overcapacity and supply outstrips demand by two to one. The industry needs to drive costs lower in ...
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services, says that the Agua Caliente solar ...
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According to IHS, the global solar market will achieve double-digit installation growth in 2013, but market revenue will fall to US$75 billion. Industry revenues-measured as system prices multiplied by total gigawatts installed-peaked at ...
Tags: Solar Trade Wars, global solar market, double-digit installation growth
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 ...
Tags: solar modules, systems components, revenue windfall, ROC, NPD
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 ...
The solar PV system segment is one of the most profitable segments in the solar supply chain,especially for firms with stable cash flow.Nevertheless,some firms have not been able to enter the segment due to lack of capital. From upstream ...
Taipei, Dec. 14, 2012 (CENS)--Eversol Corp., Taiwan’s No.3 manufacturer of crystalline silicon wafers, will team up with JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. of mainland China and West Holdings Co. of Japan to set up a solar-power plant in ...
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11 October 2012 Soitec of Bernin,France has completed delivery on a total of 5MW of its Concentrix concentrating photovoltaic(CPV)systems(of which 3.3MWp was recognized as revenue in second-quarter 2012)to seven solar power plants ...
Taiwan-based solar firm Tainergy has recently seen orders for solar modules increase from Japan and Indonesia. In particular, the modules have been supplied to the public sector in Indonesia, showing growth in the Southeast Asia market. ...
PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) flat glass business announced that it can now manufacture heat-strengthened glass in thicknesses of less than 3 millimeters, which makes it among the first major glass manufacturers in North America to offer ...
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Average pricing in October for crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar modules declined in nearly all worldwide regions because of weak demand in Germany, according to IHS. The average price per watt for c-Si solar modules declined in a range of ...
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Overcapacity, a decline in pricing as well as slowing growth in key worldwide markets will serve to keep the global market for solar modules depressed for the rest of the year, with recovery not expected until well in the second half of ...
Tags: solar module prices, signs of recovery, IHS