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Wednesday 13 July 2011
Europe debt crisis might affect the solar industry
The debt crisis in Europe might cause more turbulence in the solar industry. Italy, one of the biggest solar markets behind Germany, has been speculated to have unstable national...
Tuesday 12 July 2011
Eversol receives order to supply 58 million solar wafers
Taiwan-based solar wafer firm Eversol announced a one-year supply agreement of 58 million units to a single customer. The agreement accounts for around 60% of Eversol's total production...
Tuesday 12 July 2011
China-based polysilicon suppliers aim to increase quotations
China-based polysilicon suppliers reportedly are trying to increase the price from US$47-48 to US$53-55/kg. However, according to China-based solar firms, the actual price of polysilicon...
Monday 11 July 2011
Low solar cell price preventing strong revenue growth
Most Taiwan-based solar cell makers have reported revenue growths for June except E-Ton Solar. However, due to the low price of solar cells, the return to previous high revenue levels...
Friday 8 July 2011
SAS sees decreased June revenues
Silicon wafer maker Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) has posted June revenues of NT$1.062 billion (US$36.7 million), decreasing 9.69% on month and 34.73% on year. The accumulated...
Thursday 7 July 2011
Price negotiations of upstream and downstream solar firms continue
Price negotiations between downstream firms and upstream polysilicon suppliers are still the prime subjects of the solar industry. Wafer firms indicated if the price of polysilicon...
Thursday 7 July 2011
US PV project pipeline soars to 17GW, says Solarbuzz
Following reductions in feed-in-tariffs across Europe, the rapid rise in the photovoltaic (PV) project pipeline in the US market now represents one of the most compelling PV market...
Wednesday 6 July 2011
Focus of solar systems turns to rooftop installations
As government incentives shift focus to rooftop installations, many international solar firms have been targeting this type of installation in recent years. Governments such as those...
Wednesday 6 July 2011
E-Ton Solar June revenues down 20% on-month
E-Ton Solar continues to report on-month revenue decreases. June revenues were NT$215 million (US$7.5 million), down 20.96% on month and 84.67% on year. E-Ton might be one of a few...
Tuesday 5 July 2011
Smaller solar firms continue to face price obstacles
Despite the recent return of demand, small- and medium-size solar firms in Taiwan and China will have difficulty reviving to condition in the previous year, according to international...
Tuesday 5 July 2011
Some solar cell firms continue to withhold capacity expansion schedules
Due to return of demand, some Taiwan-based solar cell firms have been resuming capacity expansion plans. Other solar cell makers continue to observe carefully before resuming expansion...
Monday 4 July 2011
Solar cell makers report growth in June revenues
Taiwan-based solar cell firms Solartech and Neo Solar Power have both reported growth in June revenues. Solar wafer firms, Green Energy Technology (GET) and Danen, demonstrated slight...
Friday 1 July 2011
Wafer price trend is strong indicator of solar market conditions
The price trend of solar wafers will be an important indicator of the market recovery, according to industry sources, as the price of solar wafers is highly related to the capacity...
Friday 1 July 2011
Global PV module inventories to end 2Q11 at 8.6 GW, says Solarbuzz
Weak European photovoltaic (PV) market demand in the first half of 2011 caused global solar module inventories to soar at the end of second quarter 2011, according to Solarbuzz.
Friday 1 July 2011
Neo Solar to start using new solar cell factory in July
Crystalline silicon solar cell maker Neo Solar Power is constructing its third factory in southern Taiwan and will bring it into operation in July 2011, according to the company....