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Monday 1 February 2010
AUO to add 15 billion yen investment in Japan-based poly-Si maker M.Setek
Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker AU Optronics (AUO) on January 29 announced the additional investment of 15 billion yen (US$167 million) in M.Setek, AUO's poly-Si material subsidiary...
Friday 22 January 2010
Demand for grade B solar cells picking up, say Taiwan makers
Taiwan-based makers have revealed that they have obtained many orders for grade B solar cells in addition to normal grade products as demand heats up ahead of anticipated cuts in...
Thursday 21 January 2010
Germany to cut PV feed-in tariff; likely to spur demand in February and March
Germany's Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) has set tentative reductions in feed-in tariff rates for photovoltaic (PV) system installation...
Tuesday 19 January 2010
Lite-On Green Energy expects PV project orders of 30-50MWp in 2010
Lite-On Green Energy Technologies (LOGT), a wholly owned subsidiary of Taiwan-based electronic component and product maker Lite-On Technology, has begun to provide PV system integration...
Friday 15 January 2010
Europe cuts PV subsidies as Asia solar players dominate, say Taiwan makers
The increasing dominance of Asia-based, in particular China- and Taiwan-based, solar call makers in Europe may be prompting European governments to cut-back their feed-in subsidies...
Friday 25 December 2009
AUO supplies PV modules for solar-power plant in Germany
AU Optronics (AUO) has disclosed that a 3MWp solar-power plant in a small town in Germany using its PV modules started running on December 22, supplying electricity for 800 househo...
Thursday 24 December 2009
China-based solar wafer maker LDK Solar to step into solar cell, PV system business, say Taiwan makers
China-based LDK Solar, globally the largest maker of solar-grade poly-Si wafers, is raising funds to solve its financial problems and to prepare for establishing new business units...
Monday 21 December 2009
Taiwan sets feed-in rates; may attract installation of 500MWp PV systems in 2010
The renewable energy feed-in tariff rates determined by Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) on December 18 are expected to stimulate installation of photovoltaic (PV) power-generating...
Tuesday 15 December 2009
AUO to set up PV subsidiary in China
AU Optronics (AUO) has announced it will invest up to US$8 million to establish a subsidiary, AUO Energy (Suzhou), in eastern China to provide photovoltaic (PV) system design, planning...
Wednesday 2 December 2009
AUO to kick off in-house PV module production in 1Q10
AU Optronics (AUO) has ordered a turnkey production line for photovoltaic (PV) modules with an annual capacity of 50MWp from a Japan-based equipment maker and will begin production...
Thursday 26 November 2009
China provincial governments touting investment by Taiwan-based PV makers
Several provincial governments in China, in an attempt to capitalize on the country's Golden Sun PV subsidization program, have offered incentives to tout investment from Taiwan-based...
Wednesday 18 November 2009
China government pushes PV subsidization program; 294 demo projects with total capacity of 642MWp planned
The China government, in order to boost the execution of Golden Sun, a 2009-2010 subsidization program to promote development of PV technologies and their applications as well as...
Monday 16 November 2009
China government may cancel BIPV subsidization program
The China government is likely to cancel a program to subsidize building-integrated photovoltaic systems (BIPV) at a rate of 20 yuan (US$2.9) per watt because of its overlapping with...
Monday 2 November 2009
Delta Electronics lands contract to install 117KWp PV system in US
Taiwan-based Delta Electronics has obtained a contract from Silicon Valley-based River of Life Christian Church to install a 117KWp (kilowatt-peak) on-grid photovoltaic (PV) system...
Wednesday 21 October 2009
UMC to set up PV system subsidiary in China
Taiwan-based foundry United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) will invest US$1 million to establish EverRich Energy (Shan Dong) in northern China to provide photovoltaic (PV) system...