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Friday 7 January 2011
Danen December revenues up on-month, Giga Solar flat
Solar wafer supplier Danen Technology has announced revenues for December 2010 grew 4.76% sequentially to NT$462 million (US$15.8 million), a monthly high. Meanwhile, PV conductive...
Tuesday 4 January 2011
GET posts strong December despite system-end off season
Solar wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET) registered NT$2.051 billion (US$70.457 million) in December revenues, up 10.2% on month and 123% on year to break the NT$2 billion...
Friday 24 December 2010
REC receives EUR39 million for terminating long-term wafer contract
REC has agreed to terminate a long-term wafer sales contract and receives approximately EUR39 million (US$51.22 million) cash compensation. REC and the customer intend to enter into...
Friday 24 December 2010
Eversol sees stable gross margin in 2H10; cautious on poly-Si price outlook
Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Eversol expects its gross margin to remain flat sequentially at 25% in the fourth quarter of 2010. Gross margin for the second half of the year will...
Thursday 23 December 2010
Gintech reportedly mulls joint venture fab for solar wafer production
Solar cell maker Gintech Energy reportedly plans to team up with Taiwan Fertilizer, CTCI and a major Japanese solar company to set up a solar wafer manufacturing company capable of...
Friday 17 December 2010
Solar wafer maker Eversol to double capacity in 2011
Solar wafer maker Eversol is scheduled to complete construction of a new plant in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan, in October 2011, according to company president Martin Kuo. Installed capacity...
Thursday 16 December 2010
Spot prices for 6-inch solar-grade wafers drop slightly
Spot prices for 6-inch polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) wafers offered by Taiwan-based manufacturers have fallen to as low as US$3.70 per unit from previous highs of between US$3.80...
Wednesday 8 December 2010
Solar wafer shortage to persist in the 1H11, says GCL-Poly chairman
Zhu Gongshan, chairman and CEO of GCL-Poly, China's leading polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) solar wafer maker, indicated that cost declines throughout the solar supply chain will...
Friday 3 December 2010
GET, Neo Solar report record sales for November 2010
Solar wafer manufacturer Green Energy Technology (GET) and solar cell maker Neo Solar Power both saw their revenues reach new historical records in November 2010.
Wednesday 1 December 2010
Eversol president resigns
Solar wafer maker Eversol on November 30 announced that Lin Rongsheng has resigned as company president and will be replaced by vice president Martin Kuo.
Wednesday 1 December 2010
Spot poly-Si and solar wafer prices remain strong
Spot quotes for poly-Si materials have remained high at US$80-90/kg and unit prices for solar-grade 6-inch wafers are ranging from US$3.70-3.90 currently, defying seasonal factors,...
Monday 22 November 2010
Neo Solar Power signs poly-Si and solar wafer supply contract with Korea-based makers
Solar cell maker Neo Solar Power announced on November 22, 2010 that it has signed a seven-year polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) supply contract with Hankook Silicon, and a three-year...
Wednesday 17 November 2010
Gigastorage aims for 100MWp in solar wafer capacity in 1Q11
Gigastorage is planning to increase ingot growing capacity for solar wafers to 100-120MWp in the first quarter of 2011 from the 50MWp expected for 2010, the company said, adding that...
Wednesday 10 November 2010
GET to purchase GT Solar's 2,000th DSS furnace
Solar wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET) on November 9 announced that it will adopt ingot growing systems from US-based GT Solar to complete its capacity expansion.
Tuesday 9 November 2010
Solar cell prices won't fall substantially for the rest of the year, says Motech chairman
Solar cell prices will not come down substantially for the rest of 2010, according to Simon Tsuo, chairman of solar cell maker Motech Industries. He further pointed out that demand...