Last update: Wednesday 17 April 2013 [48 news items]
Digitimes Research: China solar makers faced with high debts and government policy shifts
Apr 17, 14:49
China-based makers' solar product shipments to Europe have been falling due to the ongoing trade dispute, but their shipments to the US, Japan and the domestic market have been rising...
Yingli Solar tops solar module supplier rankings in 2012, says IHS
Apr 11, 20:48
Yingli Solar from China became the largest global supplier of solar modules in 2012 based on annual merchant shipments, while previous leader and besieged fellow China-based producer...
Yingli Solar expects negative 4Q12 gross margin
Feb 25, 10:22
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company, a China-based solar energy company which markets its products under the brand "Yingli Solar," has announced its preliminary financial...
Digitimes Research: China solar firms continue to see losses in 3Q12
Jan 7, 11:23
Due to fluctuating demand in Europe, China-based solar module firms Yingli, Suntech and Trina Solar saw shipments in third-quarter 2012 decrease by 16.9%, 10%, and 9% respectively...
Yingli Solar reports falling 2Q12 revenues
Aug 30, 10:05
Yingli Green Energy (Yingli Solar), a China-based vertically integrated solar firm, announced its unaudited consolidated financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2012.
Yingli Solar expects single-digit gross margin for 2Q12
Aug 6, 12:22
Yingli Green Energy (Yingli Solar), a China-based vertically integrated solar firm, has pre-announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2012.
Digitimes Research: Yingli captures top solar module vendor ranking in 1Q12
Jul 9, 11:37
By shipments of solar modules, the rankings of top five solar firms in China experienced major shifts in first-quarter 2012, Digitimes Research has found. Suntech's shipments dropped...

Yingli Solar sees 2Q12 revenues up by 22.6% on-quarter
May 31, 11:08
Yingli Green Energy, a China-based vertically integrated solar firm which markets its products under the brand "Yingli Solar," announced its unaudited consolidated financial...
Yingli Green Energy responds to US decision on anti-dumping tariffs
May 18, 10:35
Yingli Green Energy Holding, a China-based solar energy company which markets its products under the brand "Yingli Solar", has commented on the preliminary anti-dumping...
Digitimes Research: Suntech ranks number one in 4Q11 solar module shipments among China peers
Apr 9, 14:04
Digitimes Research tallied fourth-quarter 2011 solar module shipments of major China-based solar module firms. The ranking of the top five solar module makers by shipments changed...

Digitimes Research: Price of solar modules in Greater China falls on Yingli low offer
Mar 16, 16:15
Digitimes research analyst Chihheng Liang stated that prices across the supply chain have been falling. The price fall of solar modules was due to Yingli's quote of CNY5.18/W (EUR0.55/W)...

Yingli Green Energy offers CNY5.18/W to win solar module supply for solar PV system in China
Mar 6, 14:29
China-based Yingli Green Energy Holding has won a contract to supply solar modules for a 30MWp solar PV system to be installed in Ningxia, northwestern China, by quoting as low as...

Yingli Solar sets up solar project leasing firm
Dec 20, 01:35
China-based large-size solar firm Yingli Solar has invested US$10 million to set up a leasing company for the solar project financing business, according to China media.
Digitimes Research: Shipments of solar modules from China major firms continue to increase in 2011
Dec 8, 15:33
The revenues accumulated by China-based large-size internationally-listed solar firms in the first half of 2011 were less than the revenues from the same period in 2010, but shipments...
Yingli Green Energy issues statement on SolarWorld ITC petition
Oct 24, 15:35
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company (Yingli Solar) has responded to petitions filed by SolarWorld Industries America (SolarWorld America) with the US Department of Commerce and the...
Solar cell makers hope mono-like wafer price may drop to poly-Si level
Oct 20, 11:40
While China-based GCL-Poly Energy Holdings, ReneSola, JA Solar Holdings and Yingli Green Energy holding have been promoting solar-grade mono-like wafers, which are claimed to be able...
Production cutbacks insufficient to prevent solar module inventory buildup, says Solarbuzz
Oct 11, 14:06
The release of a national photovoltaic (PV) feed-in-tariff (FiT) policy in July has resulted in a significant increase in PV project development activity in China. According to Solarbuzz,...
China has won the solar war, says Information Network
Sep 8, 15:18
Weakening demand claimed its first victim with the bankruptcy of Evergreen Solar. Solar Power Industries in PA closed its doors in May. Spectrawatt, the solar cell manufacturer that...
Yingli, ECN and Amtech team up for N-MWT PV cell
Sep 8, 11:09
Yingli Green Energy Holding, a China-based solar energy company which markets its products under the brand "Yingli Solar," joins effort with the Energy research Center of...
Falling 2Q11 gross margins plague cross-strait solar firms
Sep 2, 10:57
China-based solar firms have been reporting relatively good gross margins compared with Taiwan-based counterparts.
Taiwan solar firms over-dependent on Europe and US customers
Aug 23, 15:49
The return of demand in the third quarter has not been as strong as expected, hence many small- and medium-size solar firms in China might face production halts, according to China-based...
Yingli Solar sees 2Q11 revenues increase 27%
Aug 22, 16:42
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company, a China-based solar energy company and vertically integrated photovoltaic (PV) manufacturer which markets its products under the brand "Yingli...
Foxconn to cooperate with GCL-Poly and Hareon Solar, says report
Aug 22, 15:15
Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is reportedly developing cooperation with China-based polysilicon and solar wafer provider GCL-Poly and solar cell firm Hareon Solar to set up...
Yingli Green Energy selected for 10MW AC New Jersey Oak Solar Power Plant
Aug 19, 10:59
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company, a China-based solar energy company, which markets its products under the brand "Yingli Solar", announced that its US subsidiary, Yingli...
Solar customers demanding higher conversion efficiency
Aug 16, 12:04
Solar cell prices have been stable in August, but customers are becoming more demanding in terms of quality, according to industry sources. Some customers have been requesting for...
China solar firms to expand capacity for high-efficiency cells
Aug 11, 11:18
Some China-based vertically integrated solar firms continue to plan for capacity expansion in 2012 though the number of firms planning on expanding capacity will be significantly...
Yingli Solar increases 2Q11 shipment guidance
Aug 4, 10:53
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited, a China-based vertically integrated photovoltaic products manufacturers, which markets its products under the brand "Yingli Solar",...
Taiwan-based firms aim for closer cooperation with GCL-Poly
Aug 3, 01:05
As competition in the solar industry increases, many solar firms have been securing strong customer bases for survival. Market rumors indicate that some Taiwan-based solar firms have...
Yingli Green Energy PV modules installed in the largest solar plant in Greece
Jul 29, 11:13
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company. (Yingli), one of the world's largest vertically integrated photovoltaic manufacturers, have announced that its PV modules have been installed...
Midwestern China has large-scale solar power plant potential
Jul 15, 16:53
Despite the possible negative effects from Italy's new incentive program which offer an extra 10% subsidy for solar modules that contain 60% of "Made in EU" components,...

Some small solar cell makers in China plan to resume production
Jun 24, 10:20
Some small- to medium-sized China-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers, viewing that larger China makers have reached full utilization and global demand is expected to rebound...
European solar incentive cuts initiate global PV market shift, says Solarbuzz
Jun 24, 10:13
Continued government policy adjustments are causing major shifts in the sizes, growth rates and customer segment mix of photovoltaic (PV) markets in 2011, according to Solarbuzz.
China-based solar firms anticipates return of demand with continuous capacity expansions
Jun 21, 15:04
The solar market has been observing the continuous capacity expansions by China-based integrated solar firms and market observers have claimed that the firms not only have high utilization...
Ex-factory price for China-based solar modules falls to new low, says industry sources
Jun 14, 02:00
The ex-factory price of China-based modules has been falling to US$1.25/watt. Industry sources indicated that China-based solar module makers are using low prices to fend off the...
May 26, 12:06
Despite the downturn of the solar market, China-based solar firms have been continuing expanding capacity with the help of local governments and state-owned enterprises. The total...
- AUO aims at 20% market share for eTP touch panels for notebooks in 2013
- Digitimes Research: US new solar installations may only reach 3.5GW in 2013
- Solar cell prices may increase to US$0.43/W in Taiwan
- Sony Mobile to extend cooperation with ODM firms, says marketing executive
- Senao expanding retail chain in eastern China
- UDE likely to obtain orders from 2 game console vendors
- Lenovo 1Q13 net profit hikes 90% on year
- Phison warns several backend firms of possible patent infringement
- Facebook sets up OCP Taiwan
- Computex 2013: Memory module firms to showcase new SSDs
- Asia to be largest LTE market, says Nokia Siemens Networks greater China head
- ABB to produce PV inverters in South Africa
- TPV Technology suffers 1Q13 net loss of over US$10 million
- Digitimes Research: Seoul Semiconductor may see 2013 revenues up 40.3% on year
- Taiwan April manufacturing production index down, says MOEA
- Polarizer makers under price-cut pressure from clients
- AUO to supply panels for use in 2nd-gen Nexus 7, say sources
- US fab-tool book-to-bill stays above parity, says SEMI
- Intel, MediaTek and Elan taking up 60% of global touchscreen controller market
- HannStar to reach 95% utilization in 2Q13
- Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Nvidia introduces GeForce GTX 780 GPU for gaming
- Quartz component maker TXC expects sales to rise through 4Q13
- Global LCD monitor OEM shipments down 14% on year in 1Q13, says TPV
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- Infineon ships security chips to Taiwan electronic passport program (May 23) - Company release
- Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee (May 21) - BBC News
- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
- Eurozone retail sales fall for second consecutive month (May 6) - BBC News
- China economy to stay commodity-oriented, says JPMorgan (April 16) - Bloomberg
- S Korea in US$15.3 billion stimulus bid to spur economic growth (April 16) - BBC News
- Gold hit by sharpest tumble in 30 years (April 16) - CNN

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MEMS-enabled energy harvesting: Q&A with MIG executive director Karen Lightman
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Complete mobile platform solutions: Q&A with Broadcom executive VP Robert Rango
In a relentless competition against rivals including Qualcomm, Nvidia and Media in the smartphone chipset...
- Smartphone and tablet industry: The view from Taiwan - May 2012
Taiwan-based companies have a long and successful history of involvement in the supply chain for mobile devices, which for the purposes of this article consist...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - May 2012
The year 2011 saw the motherboard industry reverse its trend of declining shipments year-on-year, to post a slight 0.2% growth. This upturn in fortunes was expected...
- Notebook market overview - Jun 2011
The notebook industry in 2010 experienced several major events that significantly changed the industry's ecosystem for the year and the industry is also believed...
- LCD TV overview - Jun 2011
Growth of the global LCD TV market was not as strong as expected in 2010 as the market continued to feel the aftershocks of the economic recession that had hit...
- 2H 2012 global TFT panel market forecast
Digitimes Research predicts there will be a total of 389 million large-sized TFT LCD panels shipped in 2H12, with 195 million in the third quarter and 194 million in the fourth quarter - with the total representing a 7.6% increase over the first half of this year.
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 smartphone market
Smartphone shipments in 2010 and 2011 both enjoyed growth of more than 60%. Growth will decelerate in 2012 due to the high base, as well as a slowdown in consumer spending in Western Europe.
- Trends in Asia LED chip manufacturing industry
Asia is playing an ever more important role in upstream LED chip manufacturing. The region accounted for 80% of MOCVD demand in 2011 and will account for 90% in 2012, largely because Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and China are the major global centers for LED chip production.

















