Taiwan-based LED makers have reported mixed results for November, with Epistar, Edison Opto, Wellypower, Bright LED, and Ledtech Optoelectronics posting sequential revenue gains for the month, and Everlight Electronics, Unity Opto and ...
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According to a report by Global Investment House (GIH), cement prices in Oman have seen a 13% year-on-year fall in the first nine months of 2011, and fell 19% since the year ended 2010, the largest decline among other GCC peers, Times of ...
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Since the beginning of fourth-quarter 2011, Taiwan-based solar wafer firms such as Green Energy Technology (GET), Sino-American Silicon (SAS) and Danen have been eager to clear out inventories. As the price of solar wafers stabilizes, ...
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In the wake of the ongoing anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation taken by the US government, China-based solar firms reportedly are looking to work with Taiwan-based firms to weather possible impacts from the probe. According to ...
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The global inventory of solar modules is estimated at 6-8GW currently, but modules which meet market-required energy conversion rates and bank-designated brands for lending are only 4.5GW or 56-75%, according to president Pan Wen-whe of ...
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The price of solar wafers has drifted to US$1.20/unit as firms try to clear out inventories. This price is close to the cost of Taiwan-based solar wafer makers, according to industry sources. China-based firms have competitive advantages in ...
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The spot price of polysilicon continues to fall due to weak demand throughout the supply chain. Industry sources indicated the price has dropped below US$30/kg and is moving toward US$25/kg. Despite the price drop of polysilicon, industry ...
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Taiwan-based solar cell maker Solartech has dismissed rumors about acquiring Top Green Energy. According to Solartech, market conditions have been fluctuating and therefore there are no plans to acquire Top Green Energy. Currently Solartech ...
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JinkoSolar Holding Co and Daqo New Energy Corp followed peers in giving weak shipment outlook, as the solar sector struggles with weak demand and declining selling prices after subsidy cuts in Europe. JinkoSolar shares, which have shed ...
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JinkoSolar Holding Co and Daqo New Energy Corp followed peers in giving weak shipment outlook, as the solar sector struggles with weak demand and declining selling prices after subsidy cuts in Europe. JinkoSolar shares, which have shed ...
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The LED lighting industry has been targeting a price for LED packaging to reach 500lm/US$ in 2012 and hit the threshold of 1,000lm/US$ in 2015. This target is five years ahead of targets set by the US Department of Energy (DOE), according ...
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Taiwan-based solar firms have been reporting declining October revenues with Gintech and Solartech outperforming peers with on-month decreases of less than 10%. Motech reported October revenues of business in Taiwan alone of NT$1.311 ...
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If oil prices fell from their 2008 peak as far as solar component prices have, a barrel of oil would cost about $10 – a 93 percent drop. Everyone could afford to fuel his own Formula One racecar. Instead, more utilities and companies ...
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If oil prices fell from their 2008 peak as far as solar component prices have, a barrel of oil would cost about $10 – a 93 percent drop. Everyone could afford to fuel his own Formula One racecar. Instead, more utilities and ...
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Some makers of crystalline silicon solar cells have lowered their quotes for cells meeting a minimum energy conversion rate of 16.8% to US$0.58-0.60/W to clean inventories, dropping by 8-11% from the mainstream price level of US$0.65/W a ...
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