Despite the possible negative effects from Italy's new incentive program which offer an extra 10% subsidy for solar modules that contain 60% of "Made in EU" components,...
Italy recently announced details of its new incentive program for second half of 2011. According to Europe-based solar firms, solar products that contain 60% of components such as...
Taiwan-based solar cell firms have been depending on customers in Europe. As low priced solar modules from China-based firms sweep through the market, many firms in Europe are facing...
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...
Delsolar, a subsidiary of Delta Electronics, announced on July 13 the completion of a 1.15MW solar power system project for US Foodservice in La Mirada, California. The system is...
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...
Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd., the world's largest producer of solar panels, has launched two new high-performance solar panels in the United States, Canada and Latin America.
The debt crisis in Europe might cause more turbulence in the solar industry. Italy, one of the biggest solar markets behind Germany, has been speculated to have unstable national...
Taiwan-based solar wafer firm Eversol announced a one-year supply agreement of 58 million units to a single customer. The agreement accounts for around 60% of Eversol's total production...
China-based polysilicon suppliers reportedly are trying to increase the price from US$47-48 to US$53-55/kg. However, according to China-based solar firms, the actual price of polysilicon...
Most Taiwan-based solar cell makers have reported revenue growths for June except E-Ton Solar. However, due to the low price of solar cells, the return to previous high revenue levels...
Silicon wafer maker Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) has posted June revenues of NT$1.062 billion (US$36.7 million), decreasing 9.69% on month and 34.73% on year. The accumulated...
Price negotiations between downstream firms and upstream polysilicon suppliers are still the prime subjects of the solar industry. Wafer firms indicated if the price of polysilicon...
Following reductions in feed-in-tariffs across Europe, the rapid rise in the photovoltaic (PV) project pipeline in the US market now represents one of the most compelling PV market...
As government incentives shift focus to rooftop installations, many international solar firms have been targeting this type of installation in recent years. Governments such as those...
