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Monday 9 August 2010
Suntech ceases production of a-Si products
China-based solar company Suntech Power have ceased manufacturing products based on amorphous silicon (a-Si) technology, the company said. The production line termination will affect...
Thursday 1 July 2010
a-Si thin-film module production cost to fall to US$0.7/W by year's end, says TEL
Production equipment provider Tokyo Electron (TEL) expects to lower costs of amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin-film solar modules to US$0.7/W by year's end through the latest micromorph...
Thursday 1 July 2010
Return rate gap to narrow between a-Si thin-film and poly-Si solar systems after Germany's FIT slash
Amorphous silicion (a-Si) thin film solar technology could make a strong push in Germany after the government's FIT (feed-in-tariff) slash if quotes for polycrystalline (poly-Si) solar...
Tuesday 13 April 2010
Taiwan-based NexPower to set up 35MWp a-Si thin-film PV capacity in China
NexPower Energy, a United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) subsidiary, on April 12 announced plans to build a 35MWp amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin-film PV module plant in Shandong...
Tuesday 30 March 2010
Chimei Innolux reportedly considering selling a-Si thin-film PV maker Chi Mei Energy
Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker Chimei Innolux reportedly is considering selling Chi Mei Energy - a subsidiary that makes amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules...
Monday 1 February 2010
Taiwan-based a-Si thin-film PV module maker Sun Well lands NT$4 billion order from China
Sun Well Solar, a Taiwan-based producer of a-Si thin-film PV modules, on February 1 announced its has obtained a NT$4 billion (US$125 million) order from the government of Nanjing...
Wednesday 25 November 2009
Handset displays shipments up 30% sequentially in 2Q09, says DisplaySearch
After hitting bottom in the first quarter of 2009, handset display shipments for the second quarter of 2009 reached 360 million units, up 30% sequentially and 3% on year, according...
Tuesday 24 November 2009
China-based a-Si thin-film PV module maker Trony Solar to hold IPO on NYSE
Trony Solar Holdings, a China-based a-Si thin-film PV module maker, will issue 15 million units of ADR (American depositary receipts) for an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)...
Friday 16 October 2009
Japan-based maker to buy a Taiwan-based a-Si thin-film PV maker
A major Japan-based producer of PV products has visited several a-Si thin-film PV module makers in Taiwan looking to potentially acquire one of them, according to industry sources...
Tuesday 13 October 2009
a-Si thin-film PV module makers seeing rising utilization rates on demand from Germany
Major Taiwan-based makers of amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules, including Chi Mei Energy, Auria Solar and NexPower Technology, have obtained more orders...
Tuesday 8 September 2009
Chi Mei Energy to start shipping see-through a-Si thin-film PV modules to the Middle East
Chi Mei Energy (CME), a Taiwan-based maker of amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules, has offered see-through BIPV (building-integrated PV) modules and will begin...
Friday 21 August 2009
Taiwan thin-film PV module makers shifting focus to front-end production
Taiwan players in the amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) sector have built production lines based on turnkey solutions from equipment suppliers, but they are now...
Tuesday 21 July 2009
Taiwan-based a-Si thin-film PV module makers suffer operating losses
Taiwan-based makers of amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules have suffered operating losses because product prices have dropped to below US$2/watt, according...
Wednesday 24 June 2009
Ulvac to offer micro-Si tandem thin-film PV equipment in Taiwan
Japan-based Ulvac Technologies will soon offer turnkey equipment for making micromorphous silicon (micro-Si) tandem-junction thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules at an energy conversion...
Thursday 18 June 2009
Taiwan makers of a-Si thin-film PV equipment rely on imported PECVD
Taiwan-based makers of equipment for producing amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules still rely on imports of PECVD (plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition)...