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Tuesday 22 December 2015
China makers plan to hike solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafer prices in January
China-based makers, in view of continued tight supply, plan to increase quotes for solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafers from US$0.85-0.86 currently to US$0.88 in January, according...
Friday 23 October 2015
Prices for solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafers may rise in November
Prices for a solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafers have risen to US$0.835-0.840 currently due to strong demand, and are likely to further rise to US$0.85-0.87 in November, according...
Thursday 15 October 2015
PERC mono-Si PV modules to cost lower than poly-Si ones in 2017, says LONGi president
Performance costs for PV modules made of PERC (passivated emitter and rear cell) monocrystalline silicon solar cells will be lower than those for PV modules made of PERC polycrystalline...
Friday 26 June 2015
Solartech Energy to expand PERC polycrystalline solar cell capacity
Solartech Energy will expand annual production capacity of PERC (passivated emitter and rear cell) polycrystalline silicon solar cells with an average energy conversion rate of 18.8%...
Friday 26 June 2015
Monocrystalline solar cells face increasing competition from PERC polycrystalline models
While global demand for crystalline silicon solar cells and PV modules has being rising, demand for monocrystalline solar cells and PV modules has appeared to be weak mainly due to...
Monday 25 May 2015
Taiwan makers promoting PERC polycrystalline solar cells
In view of an expected rebound in demand in June, Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers have been boosting PERC (passivated emitter and rear cell) polycrystalline models...
Monday 20 October 2014
SAS obtains Taiwan patent for polycrystalline silicon wafer process
Crystalline silicon wafer maker Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) has obtained from Taiwan's Intellectual Property Office a patent for a process to grow polycrystalline silicon...
Thursday 26 June 2014
Motech sees decreased orders in the wake of US anti-subsidy tax
Crystalline silicon solar cell maker Motech Industries has seen significantly decreased orders from China-based PV module makers, according to company president and CEO Chang Peng-heng,...
Wednesday 23 April 2014
Yingli Green Energy expects to turn profitable in 2Q14
Yingli Green Energy Holding, a leading China-based PV module maker and PV system EPC (engineering, procurement, construction) contractor, expects operations to swing from continual...
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 19 October 2011
New technologies for monocrystalline solar products shift into focus
The demand-dominated solar market has been shifting towards solar cells with high conversion efficiencies. Compared with mainstream polycrystalline solar products, monocrystalline...
Wednesday 31 August 2011
Solar wafer gross margins contract significantly, says SAS president
Demand for semiconductor has been steady, according to Doris Hsu, president of Taiwan-based Sino-American Silicon (SAS). As for the solar businesses, the magnitude of price falls...
Friday 19 August 2011
Mono-crystalline silicon price drops, says China solar firms
The return of demand has been showing signs of cooling in August not only for mainstream poly-crystalline silicon solar products but also for the mono-crystalline market, said industry...
Friday 15 July 2011
Talks over poly-Si prices stall
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...
Friday 20 May 2011
China spot market prices for poly-Si fall to US$60/kg, say Taiwan makers
Spot market quotes for polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) material in China have dropped to US$60/kg, lower than contract prices of US$65-68/kg signed by South Korea-based OCI with...