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Wednesday 30 November 2011
Canadian Solar, Saferay implement 8.5MW solar power plant in Germany
Canadian Solar, a China-based solar firm, has announced that it has supplied solar modules for an 8.5MW power plant in Lindenhof near Neubrandenburg in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern...
Friday 18 November 2011
Digitimes Research: Price drops of solar products in Greater China begin to ease
The spot prices of solar products in Greater China this weeks have been experiencing some leveling off, says Chihheng Liang, analyst of Digitimes Research. The leveling off is not...
Monday 14 November 2011
Price drops of solar cells fail to effectively stimulate demand
The price of solar cells continues to decrease and many firms have been trying to clear out inventory. Previously firms typically cut prices 30% to clear out inventory, but due to...
Tuesday 8 November 2011
Surge of solar installations in 4Q11 possible due to upcoming incentive cuts
A surge of installations in the fourth quarter may be possible due to the 15% cut in incentive planned in Germany in 2012. UK also plans to cut incentives by 50%. The incentive cuts...
Tuesday 1 November 2011
Technological improvement is key to survival of solar firms, says Motech chairman
Technological improvement will be the key to solar firms' survival, according to Simon Tsuo, chairman of Taiwan-based solar cell maker Motech. The industry should have seen oversupply...
Friday 28 October 2011
Digitimes Research: Greater China solar cell spot prices show signs of stabilization
The decline of solar cell spot prices has slowed down this week in the Greater China region due to increased installation demand from Germany as the new subsidy cut of 15% has been...
Monday 17 October 2011
Europe debt crisis causing shortage of bank loans for solar firms
After a string of bankruptcies declared by US-based solar firms, many Europe-based solar firms have been feeling pressure due to the Europe debt crisis, according to market waters...
Thursday 13 October 2011
Wacker begins production of hyperpure polysilicon at Nunchritz site in Germany
Germany-based polysilicon supplier Wacker Chemie AG has announced the beginning of production of hyperpure polycrystalline silicon at its Nunchritz site in Germany. First deposition...
Wednesday 5 October 2011
Qatar Solar Technologies to build US$1 billion polysilicon plant
Qatar Solar Technologies (QSTec) announced that it will be building a polysilicon production facility worth approximately US$1 billion in Qatar.
Wednesday 5 October 2011
Solar market facing infrastructure problems
The price of solar products has been decreasing across the supply chain in an effort to stimulate weak demand. However, it seems the oversupply problem still exists. Hence, blindly...
Tuesday 4 October 2011
Solar installations in Germany undergo end-of-year resurgence, says IHS
After slumping in July and August, Germany's orders for new photovoltaic (PV) solar systems are set to soar in October and November, generating a surge in demand that may be difficult...
Friday 30 September 2011
ReneSola provides 27.5MW of modules to power plant in Germany
Enerparc has set up a large-scale solar power plant in Gahro, Germany which came on line on September 2, 2011, and is equipped with 27.5MW of ReneSola's standard Multi and Virtus...
Tuesday 27 September 2011
Schott Xensation glass eyeing touch panel market
Germany-based glass maker Schott, tapping the touch panel market, is introducing its Xensation Cover glass products to the Asia-Pacific market. According to Ulrich Ackermann, executive...
Thursday 22 September 2011
Acer to ship 40,000 notebooks by rail across China and Europe
Acer will ship 40,000 notebooks by railroad across Chongqing, China and Duisburg, Germany. The shipments are expected to arrive in Europe in two weeks.
Tuesday 6 September 2011
Solar equipment firms expand to mono-like and monocrystalline markets
Mono-like and monocrystalline products have been increasing popularity due to high conversion efficiency. The solar equipment manufacturers such as GT Advanced have also been hoping...