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Friday 8 March 2013
Gigastorage hopes Taiwan government to increase annual solar installation limit
The necessity of having nuclear power plants has been under debate recently in Taiwan. Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Gigastorage has suggested four ways that the government can take...
Monday 4 February 2013
Gigastorage hikes prices for solar wafers
Gigastorage, in order to reflect increases in cost of polysilicon by US$1.5/kg to US$16-17/kg, has hiked prices for its solar wafers to US$0.8/unit for models with energy conversion...
Wednesday 9 January 2013
Consolidation may benefit solar industry: Q&A with Chi-jen Chen, chairman of Giga Solar and Gigastorage
The Taiwan-based solar supply chain is likely to enter a period of consolidation. For upstream material providers, consolidation between downstream customers may create pressure on...
Wednesday 9 January 2013
Gigastorage sees December revenues increase 48% on-month
Taiwan-based solar wafer and compact disc maker Gigastorage reported December 2012 revenues of NT$275 million (US$9.47 million), representing an on-month increase of 48.89%, and an...
Thursday 6 December 2012
GET sees November revenues increase 22% on-month
Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET) saw November revenues increase 22% on month. The firm noted that December revenues will be flat compared to November and...
Friday 30 November 2012
GET expects full capacity in November
Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET) saw capacity utilization rate increase in October and is likely to reach full capacity in November. GET has been increasing...
Wednesday 15 August 2012
Gigastorage introduces G3+ solar wafer with average conversion efficiency of 17.6%
Gigastorage has introduced the new G3+ high-efficiency solar wafer with an average conversion efficiency of 17.6%. The firm noted that the efficiency of the product can reach as high...
Thursday 14 June 2012
Taiwan solar firms struggling to attract new recruits
Taiwan solar firms have been looking to recruit new staff for the past two quarters due to increasing orders. In addition, the solar industry in Greater China has been adding workers...
Wednesday 11 April 2012
Giga Solar targets back silver conductive paste market share of over 10% in 2012
Taiwan-based conductive paste maker Giga Solar has indicated that shipments of high-efficiency aluminum pastes have reached above 200 tons so far this year. Moreover, the firm targets...
Thursday 17 November 2011
Taiwan optical disc makers expect 10-20% sequential growth in 4Q11 revenues
CMC Magnetics, Ritek and Gigastorage have fully utilized their optical disc production capacities and have received many orders, and therefore expect their revenues for the fourth...
Friday 7 October 2011
PV Taiwan 2011: An exhibition with an uplifting atmosphere
The annual PV Taiwan 2011 taking place in Taipei from October 5-7 features many industry leading firms such as Siemens, GCL-Poly, OCI and Roth&Rau. The exhibition is divided into...
Friday 16 September 2011
Gigastorage to hike solar wafer capacity to 320MWp at end of 2011
Gigastorage is on schedule to expand its annual production capacity of solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafers to 320MWp by the end of 2011, according to the company.
Tuesday 24 May 2011
Cost of polysilicon will drop to US$50/kg in 2H11, says Gigastorage
Taiwan-based optical disc and solar wafer maker, Gigastorage, stated it will be possible to lower the cost of polysilicon to $50/kg in the second half of 2011 because 90% of its polysilicon...
Thursday 19 May 2011
Gigastorage expects optical disc production to break even in June
Gigastorage, a second-tier Taiwan-based maker of blank optical discs, has raised its quotes each month since March 2011 and will continue to hike prices possibly until July, mainly...
Thursday 19 May 2011
Gigastorage says solar wafer production still running at full capacity
Taiwan's Gigastorage, a maker of optical discs as well as solar-grade silicon wafers, has stated that its production of solar wafers has not been affected by recent demand and price...