Major international suppliers of solar-grade polycrystalline silicon (poly-silicon or poly-Si) have lowered their quotes to US$150-175/kg, a drop of 56-63% from the US$400/kg quotes...

E-ton Solar Tech, a Taiwan-based maker of crystalline silicon solar cells, announced that the company has signed long-term silicon wafer supply contracts with two separate companies,...

Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS), a Taiwan-based producer of solar-grade crystalline silicon wafers, has reported self-estimated revenue of NT$871 million for November 2008, a...

Due to fast growing demand for solar cells, there have been many newly established producers of polycrystalline silicon material (poly-Si) in China and the total number has reached...

In light of prices of polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) solar cells having dropped from US$2.8-3.0/watt in early November 2008 to US$2.6-2.7/watt currently, and with further drops...

Taiwan-based Sun Materials Technology on November 26 held a groundbreaking ceremony for constructing the country's first solar-grade polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) plant at the...

While solar energy panel sales have and will continue to grow at a rate of about 40% per year, market research firm The Information Network indicated that several key growth drivers,...

Spot prices for polysilicon have dropped sharply, as demand from solar cell makers has weakened due to the onslaught of the global financial crisis and Spain's cut in feed-in tariffs...

Leading suppliers of polycrystalline silicon material (poly-Si) around the world, viewing that demand from the solar energy industry will keep growing in 2009 while that from semiconductor...

International spot market prices for polycrystalline silicon material, wafers and solar cells have dropped by 4-13% mainly because of the expiration of Spain's solar incentive bill...

According to market watchers, metallurgical silicon is being incorporated into the PV market since the conversion efficiency of solar cells made from 100% metallurgical silicon has...

Solargiga Energy, a China subsidiary of Taiwan-based silicon wafer maker Wafer Works, has signed with Hoku Materials, a Hawaii-based supplier of polycrystalline silicon material, to...

DC Chemical (DCC), a Korea-based polysilicon supplier, plans to establish a sales branch in Taiwan. The company also updated its production roadmap at the ongoing SEMICON Taiwan 2008...

Thanks to equipment vendors offering turn-key solutions, solar cell makers from Taiwan have been able to quickly enter the photovoltaic (PV) industry. Siemens, being a leading electrical...

Prices of both polysilicon and solar wafers have remained high for three consecutive quarters, implying that demand of solar applications is not being affected much by the upcoming...