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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The solar revolution has just begun,according to inventors Shawn Frayne and Alex Hornstein,who fell in love with the dream of clean energy,everywhere,for everyone.Their primary focus is on microsolar devices,small,handheld solar charging ...
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Three Chinese solar companies listed in the U. S. Said they would take action to fight what they called groundless accusations from bankrupt American company Solyndra which filed an anti-trust lawsuit on October 11, China Business News ...
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China has called on the US to repealduties set this week by the US Commerce Department on imported Chinese solar panels. "The United States is inciting trade friction in new energy and sending a negative signal to the whole world about ...
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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 ...
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Trade barriers bad for solar industry:Q&A with Phoenix Solar president and CEO Murray Cameron Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES,Taipei[Friday 12 October 2012]The US government announced the final verdict of the anti-dumpig and anti-subsidy ...
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US announces final anti-dumping,anti-subsidy verdict on China-based solar firms Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Thursday 11 October 2012]The US Department of Commerce(DOC)announced its final verdict on the anti-dumping and ...
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The authority from the national energy bureau released that the national energy bureau together with industry and information administration is going to issue a series of policy to support PV industry.The national energy bureau is drafting ...
Asahi Glass Co.(5201.TO,ASGLY)has halted production at a solar-cell glass plant in Tennessee to prevent the build-up of excess inventory,the Nikkei reports in its Oct.8 edition. The plant,in the city of Kingsport,has seen inventory swell ...
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ITRI,Taiwan makers win SEMI certification for solar cell testing industry standard Nuying Huang,Taipei;Adam Hwang,DIGITIMES[Thursday 4 October 2012]Taiwan government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute(ITRI)and several ...
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2 October 2012 Altatech introduces AltaCVD Solarlab for deposition of PV materials Altatech of Montbonnot Saint Martin,near Grenoble,France,a subsidiary of Soitec,has introduced a multi-chamber chemical vapor deposition(CVD)system that ...
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Two key figures behind the emergence of concentrator photovoltaics(CPV)as a viable energy technology have won a share of the 2012 German Environmental Award. Worth€500,000,the award is presented each year by the Deutsche ...
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Sharp plans to withdraw solar panel production in EU and US Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Friday 28 September 2012]Japan-based Sharp plans to cut solar panel production in Europe and the US.The firm plans to gather resources ...
Tags: Sharp, solar panel production, Asia markets, corporate restructuring