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Friday 2 March 2012
Memoright to showcase long lifespan MLC SSD and IPC storage solutions at Embedded World 2012 in Nuremberg Germany
Memoright, a leading provider of integrated solid state drive (SSD) products, will showcase its ruggedized, extended temperature SSD solutions, long lifespan MLC HTM series SSD as...
Friday 2 March 2012
Digitimes Research: Greater China solar prices remain static ahead of Germany incentive cuts
Due to the incentive cuts that will take effect on March 9, 2012 in Germany, prices of solar products have been static. Digitimes Research analyst Chihheng Liang noted that module...
Friday 2 March 2012
Germany incentive cuts to hit local solar PV system firms first
The government in Germany plans to cut feed-in-tariffs (FIT) of small-size solar PV systems by 20% and large-size systems by 30%. In addition, systems that are above 10MW will not...
Wednesday 29 February 2012
Germany incentive cut dissolves price increases hoped for by solar firms
Germany has announced new incentive cuts will be initiated in March 9, 2012. The industry expected such measures to be taken in April 1, 2012, but never expected the date being moved...
Friday 24 February 2012
Digitimes Research: Solar prices in Greater China stay flat due to on-going negotiations
Solar prices in Greater China were mostly flat this week (Feb 20-24), except for 156 mono solar cells which saw an increase of US$0.01/W, said Chihheng Liang, Digitimes Research an...
Friday 24 February 2012
New incentive cuts in Germany may begin on March 9
The German government announced new incentive cuts on February 23. For the feed-in-tariff (FIT) of solar PV systems under 10KW, the incentive cut will be 20%. For systems from 10KW-1MW,...
Friday 24 February 2012
April 1 solar incentive cut in Germany may be larger than expected, says industry source
The government in Germany is expected to reduce feed-in tariffs for PV systems effective on April 1, 2012, with current rates to decrease 20% and 25% for small- and medium-scale roof-mounted...
Thursday 16 February 2012
China taking blame for troubles at Germany solar firms, says report
Germany-based solar firms have been blaming China-based peers for the severity of the market, according to China news media outlet NE21. The report noted that some Germany-based...
Thursday 16 February 2012
Commentary: Solar supply chain in dire straits despite growing installations in 2011
According to European Photovoltaic Industry Association, the global solar PV system installations reached 27.7GW in 2011, up by 70% compared to 16GW in 2010. However, the solar industry...
Thursday 16 February 2012
Solar industry awaits possible incentive cuts in April in Germany
The government in Germany plans to meet up to discuss new solar PV incentive programs that will be initiated on April 1. The policies will affect the solar industry significantly...
Wednesday 15 February 2012
Snow causes delays in Germany solar PV system installations
Solar PV system installation firms have been eager to install systems before the April incentive cuts. However, the weather has been delaying projects. This will cause inventory levels...
Monday 13 February 2012
Commentary: Chances of PV price increase to depend on extent of incentive cuts
The oversupply in the solar market caused the prices to drop drastically in 2011. Solar firms have been hoping to revive the prices in 2012, but as various governments plan to make...
Monday 13 February 2012
Order surge of solar cells from Germany to level off in end of February
Germany plans to move the July solar incentive cuts to April, which will cause customers to rush into installation completions in March and result in solar cell demand fading off...
Monday 6 February 2012
Solar firms face numerous entry barriers in non-Europe markets
Germany, the world's largest solar market, continues to influence the solar industry with policies. The market suspects Germany to move mid-year incentive cuts to April 1, 2012. Germany...
Saturday 4 February 2012
Decrease in solar installation costs causes governments to make incentive cuts
The price of solar products decreased around 50% in 2011 due to a demand freeze and oversupply. This has caused the cost of installing solar PV systems to drop rapidly.