Solar cell makers have been hoping to increase the price of solar cells with conversion efficiency of 16.4-16.8% to rise beyond US$0.80/watt in August. However, actual prices are...
Trina Solar Limited, a China-based solar firm that consists vertical integration of solar products from the production of ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of PV modules, announced...
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...
Settled incentive programs in Italy and Germany has been helping solar firms in July sales. Solartech reported July revenues of NT$1.07 billion (US$37 million) with a 9.52% on-month...
Solar cell makers have notified clients that August quotes will go up by 3-5% to reflect the rising cost of production materials, according to industry sources.
Despite some Taiwan solar wafer makers indicating that they are continuing to operate at a loss, they have not been able to convince international polysilicon suppliers to lower their...
The return of demand in third quarter has been causing the spot price of polysilicon to increase from US$50/kg to US$52-53/kg. The increase in the quotation of polysilicon has been...
Taiwan-based solar product makers have been facing tough competition from China-based integrated solar firms. The down turn in the market has shown the importance of vertical integration...
The fast-growing market for renewable energy has prompted China-based firms to attract Taiwan's specialists to work in China. The solar market has been growing rapidly in China with...
The price negotiations between polysilicon suppliers and downstream firms have been unsuccessful, but rumors in the market indicate the volume of polysilicon will likely increase...
Suntech Power Holdings has unveiled the Suntech 300W Vd series, a new generation high-efficiency solar module, for Israel. Powered by Suntech's SuperPoly processing technology, a...
Solar wafer and cell manufacturing companies have been negotiating with their upstream material suppliers to lower July prices for polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si), but the talks...
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...
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...
