The end market demand in the solar market has been weak, and the wave of price drops have been moving from downstream to upstream polysilicon. The price of polysilicon this quarter...
Due to low demand in the market, shipments of aluminum paste for solar cells are expected to decrease around 30% in 2011, said Chi-jen Chen, chairman of Taiwan-based conductive paste...
US-based thin-film solar firm First Solar has announced financial results for the third quarter of 2011. Net sales were US$1,006 million in the quarter, an increase of US$473 million...
Taiwan-based solar cell maker Motech Industries has announced consolidated revenues for the third quarter of 2011 increased 17% sequentially with net losses narrowing to NT$574 million...
Norway-based Renewable Energy Corporation ASA (REC) has reported third-quarter 2011 revenues of NOK3,001 million (US$546 million) and EBITDA of NOK370 million. The operating result...
Solar cell firm Tainergy is to hold an opening ceremony for a new plant in Kunshan, China. Planned capacity at the plant is 1GW. The plant currently has completed production lines...
GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Limited, a China-based solar firm, has announced that it has set up GCL-Poly Solar Energy System Integration (Taicang), formally launching the global solar...
The traditional weak fourth quarter in the solar market is likely to push solar cell quotes further down this week. Quotes of solar cells last week were around US$0.55-0.58/watt,...
The contract price of polysilicon has dropped from US$42-43/kg at the beginning of October to US$36-37/kg due to weak demand. According to industry sources, the price has decreased...
After a wave of bankruptcies declared by US-based solar firms in third-quarter 2011, some Europe-based solar firms have also been reportedly facing difficulties obtaining funding...
UK-based solar firm PV Crystalox Solar has decided to lower solar wafer capacity in the UK and Germany for a short period of time. The firm has also decided to temporarily halt polysilicon...
Suntech Power Holdings, a China-based producer of solar panels, offers the following statement regarding Solarworld's petition filed simultaneously with the US International Trade...
While China-based GCL-Poly Energy Holdings, ReneSola, JA Solar Holdings and Yingli Green Energy holding have been promoting solar-grade mono-like wafers, which are claimed to be able...
LDK Solar, a China-based vertically integrated manufacturer of photovoltaic (PV) products, has announced that the company has signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC)...
Solar firms have been facing low demand in 2011. As marginalization continues to weed out firms that are less competitive, many non-solar industry leading corporations have been eyeing...
