Taiwan exported 900MWp of crystalline silicon solar cells in 2008, taking up 16.4% of the total 5.5GWp of photovoltaic (PV) systems installed around the world, according to the Photovoltaics...
The possibility in 2010 to produce solar energy cheaper than the cost of electricity from the grid (grid parity) without subsidies may be possible if China-based manufacturer QS Solar...
Taiwan suppliers of equipment for the solar industry expect domestic demand to take off in 2010 when many of the island's thin-film photovoltaic (PV) module makers kick off volume...
E-Ton Solar Tech and Green Energy Technology (GET) have reported revenues figures for February 2009, with the former figure increasing on month and year while the latter decreasing...
First Solar recently announced that it reduced its manufacturing cost for solar modules in the fourth quarter to US$0.98 per watt, breaking the US$1 per watt price barrier.
Taiwan-based thin-film photovoltaic (PV) module makers are being asked by clients to renegotiate contract prices to lower levels because prices for thin-film PV modules on the spot...
The main appeal thin-film photovoltaic (PV) module makers promote over crystalline silicon solar cell modules is lower power-generating costs per watt. Many makers claim that there...
Although Taiwan LCD panel makers have recently received orders worth of NT$70 billion (US$2.08 billion) from China TV vendors, the volumes will mean little for Taiwan's equipment...
Arima EcoEnergy Technologies (ArimaEco), a Taiwan-based producer of GaAs high-concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) modules, will begin to ship products to Spain-based ISFOC in early...
Jenn Feng Industrial, a Taiwan-based maker of power equipment and lighting products, has stepped into R&D of CIGS (copper-indium-gallium-selenide) thin-film photovoltaic (PV)...
In view of price-cut competition at the spot market, some international suppliers of solar modules have begun gathering quotes from their solar cell contract suppliers in Taiwan and...
While the global supply chain of solar energy products has witnessed fast shrinking demand since the beginning of the fourth quarter of 2008, with prices of products generally having...
Suntech Power, the largest China-based producer of crystalline silicon photovoltaic (PV) modules, has been laying off some of its employees, mainly those on probation or with employment...
Many Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers are requiring Taiwan-based solar module makers placing orders to pay cash on delivery instead of LCs (letters of credit) for...
