Europe may levy anti-dumping tariffs on China-made solar products. This will increase the prices of China-made solar products in Europe. To retaliate, China will likely impose tariffs on Europe-based polysilicon through its on-going ...
Tags: Solar Trade Row, EU Members
Taiwan-based Gintech has unveiled a multi-crystalline solar cell with the highest possible conversion efficiency of 19.5% and mass production average conversion rate of 18.4-18.8%, a conversion rate comparable to mono-crystalline solar ...
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The merger of Taiwan-based solar cell makers Neo Solar Power (NSP) and DelSolar, a solar subsidiary of Delta Electronics, will be completed on May 31, 2013, said Quincy Lin, chairman and CSO of NSP. Lin added that the merger occurred at a ...
Reflecting a major shift in the global solar market after four years of severe erosion, prices for solar modules in the key Europe market are rising due to number of factors, including the newly restored balance between supply and demand. ...
Tags: Solar Module Prices, Solar Module, Lighting
Terry Guo, chairman of Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), has mentioned that the firm wants to produce different kinds of solar products. Market observers believe Foxconn has strength in manufacturing, hence should focus on ...
April 16, 2013 - We’ve been educated on the importance of modifying our individual consumer behaviour and advocating for sustainable energy policies. Now, crowdfunding offers all of us a new way to protect our shared environment and ...
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) plans to cooperate with the local government in China's Guangxi autonomous region to develop solar power applications for agricultural purposes, according to a report in the Taiwan-based ...
Tags: Foxconn, Solar Energy, Lighting
Morris Chang, chairman and CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), noted in August 2012 that the firm had changed its position in relation to investments in solar cell maker Motech, shifting from strategic purposes to ...
Tags: solar industry, solar
The Japan government continues to promote the use of renewable energy and lower the percentage of electricity generated from nuclear power. In July 2012, the government announced a full buy-back scheme which successfully stimulated solar ...
Tags: solar installations, solar, renewable energy
China-based large-size solar firm Suntech Power Holdings announced that on March 18, 2013, a group of eight China-based banks filed a petition for insolvency and restructuring of its China subsidiary Wuxi Suntech Power Holdings (Wuxi ...
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The US Photovoltaic Manufacturing Consortium (PVMC), an industry-led collaboration headquartered at the State University of New York (SUNY) College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE), has partnered with the US Department of ...
Due to the expectation that Japan will lower its solar feed-in-tariff (FIT) in April and the US punitive tariffs' impacts on China-made solar products, some tier-one Taiwan-based solar cell makers have seen orders rising. The Japan solar ...
Tags: FIT, solar products, solar cell makers
Taiwan's solar industry needs to improve from its weakness of lacking brand recognition and control over distribution, said Ellick Liao, chairman of Taiwan Solar Energy (TSEC). Currently, the total supply of solar products is about ...
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Due to rising demand for rooftop solar PV systems, 250W solar modules with 60 solar cells are expected to become the mainstream. Demand for rooftop solar PV systems in Europe and Japan is expected to grow because government subsidies have ...
Tags: solar PV systems, solar modules, solar cells
Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET) announced plans to sell all is Shihlien Energy shares, with the total transaction estimated at NT$334 million (US$11 million). GET will recognize an investment gain of NT$80 ...
Tags: solar wafer maker, Green Energy Technology, GET, Shihlien Energy shares