Solar photovoltaic (PV) installations in the US have now broken through the 10GW barrier, following strong market deployment since the start of 2010. During the first half of 2013, more than 1.8GW of new solar PV capacity was installed in ...
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After falling 15% in 2012, solar wafer production is forecast to grow 19% in 2013, passing 30GW and recovering to 2011 levels, according to Solarbuzz. However, industry utilization is expected to remain below 60%, and while prices have ...
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In 2012, the global solar market was affected by incentive policy changes in various countries. Now such incentive programs are mostly aimed at pushing steady market growth until grid parity is achieved. In Europe, solar PV installations ...
The Japan solar market is set to grow by 120% in 2013 and install more than 5GW of new capacity, according to IMS Research. Benefiting from the world's most attractive solar incentive policy, Japan's solar market is currently booming, with ...
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China's solar incentive reportedly may face a significant cut under new energy subsidy policies in order to encourage market mechanism in the industry. The subsidy for standalone solar PV systems for self-use has been generally expected ...
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Tier-one China-based solar wafer makers have decreased shipments to control supply in an attempt to increase prices later in January, according to industry sources in Taiwan. In line with the price increase of 5-10% aimed by Taiwan-based ...
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Japan-based Kyocera obtained a 3-busbar solar cell patent in Japan in September 2012. Some other Japan-based solar firms have been asking Taiwan-based solar cell OEM firms to change products to 2-busbar solar cells. This means products need ...
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Germany may stop all incentives for ground-mounted large-size solar installations in 2013.Hence,In September,installations in Germany which were close to 1GW,more than 80%of the systems were large-size systems.As Germany's government switch ...
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Suntech gets delisting warning from NYSE Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Monday 24 September 2012]China-based vertically integrated solar firm Suntech Power Holdings has been warned by the New York Stock Exchange of the ...
Digitimes Research:Automated robots help lower solar installation costs Enoki Chen,DIGITIMES Research,Taipei [Thursday 20 September 2012]In the past year,many large-size solar brands declared bankruptcy due to solar incentive cuts and high ...
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Digitimes Research: June solar installations surge to 1.69GW in Germany Press release[Friday 14 September 2012] Solar installations usually increase significantly before the effective date of solar incentive cuts. New solar installations ...
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Germany's April 1 solar incentive cuts were halted by the Bundesrat(Federal Council)for reviews.The review committee will announce its decision on June 27.Industry sources noted that demand in Germany has been healthy due to projects ...
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The unexpected high number of solar PV system installations in Germany in 2011 may ignite the possibility for the government to initiate incentive cuts. The latest possible version is that incentives for Germany-based businesses will be cut ...
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The price drops of solar products have been easing in fourth quarter. Industry sources estimated the global inventory level in the beginning of the fourth-quarter 2011 is around 6-8GW, much better than the previous estimation of 10GW. Due ...
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The solar PV market in the US has been growing rapidly since 2009 with annual growth of installations reaching more than 100%. Many large-size power stations and commercial solar PV systems are expected to be completed before end of the ...
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