Having only recently made revisions to third quarter 2011 guidance, LDK Solar’s primary results of revenue and shipments appeared to sneak past the higher range of lowered guidance. Rapidly declining prices for wafers and modules ...
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US-based solar firm First Solar has announced cumulative production has reached 5GW, or 66 million solar modules, capable of generating enough clean electricity to power approximately 2.5 million homes. The company began commercial ...
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US-based solar firm First Solar has announced cumulative production has reached 5GW, or 66 million solar modules, capable of generating enough clean electricity to power approximately 2.5 million homes. The company began commercial ...
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While Beijing has encouraged regional governments to develop the nation's solar PV industry, growth has been dramatic, as each local region attempts to develop its own industry clusters and supply chain. Solar wafer capacity in China will ...
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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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The cost of solar cells and microchips has nowhere to go but down because of a supply glut for the commodity they’re made from, a brittle charcoal-colored semiconductor baked in ovens at 600 degrees centigrade. Polysilicon has plunged ...
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The cost of solar cells and microchips has nowhere to go but down because of a supply glut for the commodity they’re made from, a brittle charcoal-colored semiconductor baked in ovens at 600 degrees centigrade. Polysilicon has ...
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This week, the average spot price of polysilicon in Great China has come to US$28/kg, a US$1.00 drop compared to last week, according to Chihheng Liang, an analyst of Digitimes Research. The price range has been around US$25-35/kg in the ...
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During China's 12th Five Year Plan period (2011-2015), solar PV will be the fastest growing renewable energy. In 2010 solar PV system installations were only 822MWp but the price of solar products has been decreasing rapidly in recent ...
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A new material, patterned at the nanoscale, absorbs a broad spectrum of light and could make thin-film solar cells more efficient. A new nanostructured material that absorbs a broad spectrum of light from any angle could lead to the ...
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A new material, patterned at the nanoscale, absorbs a broad spectrum of light and could make thin-film solar cells more efficient. A new nanostructured material that absorbs a broad spectrum of light from any angle could lead to the most ...
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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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The United States and China are gearing up for a trade war that could catch American users of solar energy in the crossfire. The Commerce Department in Washington on Wednesday opened an investigation sought by American manufacturers who ...
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The United States and China are gearing up for a trade war that could catch American users of solar energy in the crossfire. The Commerce Department in Washington on Wednesday opened an investigation sought by American manufacturers ...
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The price of solar cells continues to decrease. The current price of solar cells is around US$0.50/watt, but second- and third-tier firms have been reportedly quoting around US$0.45/watt. The inventory backlog problem continues to plague ...
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