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Friday 15 July 2011
Italy "Made in EU" policy to benefit Taiwan-based solar cell makers
Italy recently announced details of its new incentive program for second half of 2011. According to Europe-based solar firms, solar products that contain 60% of components such as...
Thursday 14 July 2011
Taiwan-based solar cell makers need to expand customer base
Taiwan-based solar cell firms have been depending on customers in Europe. As low priced solar modules from China-based firms sweep through the market, many firms in Europe are facing...
Thursday 14 July 2011
Solar industry should not worry over Europe debt crisis, says Delta chairman
The debt crisis in Europe has cast a cloud over the solar industry. However, according to Delta chairman Bruce CH Cheng, the industry should not concern itself too much over the debt...
Wednesday 13 July 2011
Delsolar completes solar installations for US Foodservice
Delsolar, a subsidiary of Delta Electronics, announced on July 13 the completion of a 1.15MW solar power system project for US Foodservice in La Mirada, California. The system is...
Wednesday 13 July 2011
Cross-strait solar wafer firms prepare to increase quotes
Solar wafer makers in China and Taiwan have been preparing to increase quotes. However, downstream firms still have sufficient solar wafer inventories, hence, increasing prices will...
Wednesday 13 July 2011
Suntech launches two high-performance solar products in the Americas
Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd., the world's largest producer of solar panels, has launched two new high-performance solar panels in the United States, Canada and Latin America.
Wednesday 13 July 2011
Europe debt crisis might affect the solar industry
The debt crisis in Europe might cause more turbulence in the solar industry. Italy, one of the biggest solar markets behind Germany, has been speculated to have unstable national...
Tuesday 12 July 2011
Eversol receives order to supply 58 million solar wafers
Taiwan-based solar wafer firm Eversol announced a one-year supply agreement of 58 million units to a single customer. The agreement accounts for around 60% of Eversol's total production...
Tuesday 12 July 2011
China-based polysilicon suppliers aim to increase quotations
China-based polysilicon suppliers reportedly are trying to increase the price from US$47-48 to US$53-55/kg. However, according to China-based solar firms, the actual price of polysilicon...
Monday 11 July 2011
Low solar cell price preventing strong revenue growth
Most Taiwan-based solar cell makers have reported revenue growths for June except E-Ton Solar. However, due to the low price of solar cells, the return to previous high revenue levels...
Friday 8 July 2011
SAS sees decreased June revenues
Silicon wafer maker Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) has posted June revenues of NT$1.062 billion (US$36.7 million), decreasing 9.69% on month and 34.73% on year. The accumulated...
Thursday 7 July 2011
Price negotiations of upstream and downstream solar firms continue
Price negotiations between downstream firms and upstream polysilicon suppliers are still the prime subjects of the solar industry. Wafer firms indicated if the price of polysilicon...
Thursday 7 July 2011
US PV project pipeline soars to 17GW, says Solarbuzz
Following reductions in feed-in-tariffs across Europe, the rapid rise in the photovoltaic (PV) project pipeline in the US market now represents one of the most compelling PV market...
Wednesday 6 July 2011
Focus of solar systems turns to rooftop installations
As government incentives shift focus to rooftop installations, many international solar firms have been targeting this type of installation in recent years. Governments such as those...
Wednesday 6 July 2011
E-Ton Solar June revenues down 20% on-month
E-Ton Solar continues to report on-month revenue decreases. June revenues were NT$215 million (US$7.5 million), down 20.96% on month and 84.67% on year. E-Ton might be one of a few...