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Tuesday 11 October 2011
Low price no longer sufficient to stimulate demand in the solar market
As the industry expected, the price of solar products after PV Taiwan 2011 has continued to fall. However, due to the traditional low season, industry sources think the low price...
Tuesday 11 October 2011
Production cutbacks insufficient to prevent solar module inventory buildup, says Solarbuzz
The release of a national photovoltaic (PV) feed-in-tariff (FiT) policy in July has resulted in a significant increase in PV project development activity in China. According to Solarbuzz,...
Friday 7 October 2011
GCL-Poly launches quasi-mono wafer
China-based integrated solar firm GCL-Poly Energy Holdings (GCL-Poly) has announced the launch of a new type of wafer - quasi-mono wafer. This wafer has already been utilized by Canadian...
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...
Tuesday 4 October 2011
Asia-based solar firms to be hit by operation suspensions due to low demand
Starting in 2011, many Europe and US based solar firms have been forced to lower or halt production due to lack of competitiveness. Some firms have even filed for bankruptcy. Industry...
Tuesday 4 October 2011
Capacity utilization of solar firms is expected to fall in 4Q11
The solar market experienced a slow return of demand in third quarter. The average capacity utilization of solar firms in greater China region has been around 60%. Due to weather...
Monday 3 October 2011
Spot price of polysilicon reportedly drops to below US$40/kg in China
Lack of demand has been spreading in the solar market and across the supply chain. The spot price of polysilicon in China has reportedly hit below US$40/kg. However, actual deals...
Friday 30 September 2011
Taiwan-based solar firms may not benefit from increasing demand in China
China has strong determination to conserve energy and promote renewable energy sources from the announcement of the 12th five-year plan. The solar industry has been looking forward...
Friday 30 September 2011
Jinko Solar wins bid for 38MW of solar module supply
Jinko Solar Holding (Jinko Solar), a China-based vertically-integrated solar power product manufacturer has announced that it has won a bid to supply China Guangdong Nuclear Solar...
Friday 30 September 2011
Suntech helps provides 150,000 of solar panels in central California
Suntech Power Holdings (Suntech), a China-based provider of solar panels, has announced that it has supplied solar panels for two solar power plants in central California. Built and...
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...
Thursday 29 September 2011
Solar demand in China to boom
PV system installations in China are forecast to reach 2.5-3GW in 2011, and expand further to 5GW in 2012, according to industry sources.
Thursday 29 September 2011
High-efficiency cells set for rapid growth, propping up solar industry profits, says IHS
In a development that could slow the downward spiral of prices and profit margins in the solar industry, the market share of high-efficiency crystalline silicon (c-Si) photovoltaic...