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Friday 13 August 2010
Silicon wafer vendors engage in barter trade for solar cell capacity
Some international and China-based silicon-grade wafer makers have initiated a kind of barter trade with Taiwan-based solar cell makers through which the wafer vendors offer wafers...
Thursday 12 August 2010
Solar wafer maker GET to issue new shares through private placement
Green Energy Technology (GET) plans to issue 60 million new shares through a private placement with an aim to bring in strategic partners from downstream clients. Details of the fundraiser...
Wednesday 4 August 2010
SAS continues to set monthly sales record in July 2010
Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) again hit a monthly revenue record in July 2010 at NT$1.794 billion (US$56.451 million), up from NT$1.63 billion in June, on full capacity utilization...
Thursday 15 July 2010
Poly-Si suppliers pushing for 3-year contract agreements with solar wafer makers
International poly-Si suppliers are pushing solar wafer customers to sign 3-year supply contracts which require down payments of up to 10-20% of the total procurement value over the...
Wednesday 14 July 2010
Solar wafer maker Danen to expand capacity to 210MWp by end of 2010
Solar-grade wafer producer Danen Technology will expand capacity from 120MWp currently to 210MWp by the end of 2010 and 300MWp in the first half of 2011, according to the company.
Tuesday 13 July 2010
Taiwan, China solar wafer and cell makers to maintain or raise prices in 3Q10 in spite of FIT cut in Germany
Solar wafer and cell makers in China and Taiwan are not lowering quotes in the third quarter of 2010 and some even successfully raised prices despite a subsidy slash by Germany, according...
Friday 9 July 2010
SAS to expand solar wafer capacity to 1GWp in 2011
Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) officially opened its second solar-grade wafer facility in Chunan, Taiwan on July 9 with initial capacity set at more than 300MWp. Combined with...
Thursday 8 July 2010
Solar wafer maker GET June revenues up over 63% on year
Solar-grade wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET) set a monthly revenue record in June 2010 with NT$1.27 billion (US$39.44 million), up 4.7% on month and 63.4% on year. For the...
Friday 11 June 2010
Solar-grade wafer makers to raise wafer prices in 3Q10
Solar-grade silicon wafer makers are expected to raise quotes by 1-2% in the third quarter of 2010 as poly-Si supply on the international spot market remains tight and most wafer...
Wednesday 9 June 2010
Poly-Si supply on spot market tightens
Poly-Si supply on the international spot market has been particularly tight recently, according to sources from solar wafer makers, adding that even contract shipments are showing...
Monday 7 June 2010
Green Energy to issue common shares and depository receipts
To secure funding for its long-term development, the board of directors of Green Energy Technology has approved plans to issue 36-44 million common shares and offshore depository...
Wednesday 26 May 2010
GET's China subsidiary begins wafer slicing volume production
Solar-grade wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET) announced that its Shandong, China-based subsidiary Ultra Energy (Weifang) Technology will begin volume production of solar-grade...
Thursday 20 May 2010
Solar-grade wafer quotes to rise 2-3% in June
Solar-grade silicon wafer makers are expected to raise wafer price by 2-3% in June, bringing the total increase for the first half of 2010 to about 15%. The price of 6-inch wafers...
Wednesday 19 May 2010
Weak euro affects Taiwan-based solar cell makers
Taiwan-based solar cell makers incurred losses in the first quarter of 2010 from depreciation of the euro, according to industry sources. Since Europe-based module makers account...
Tuesday 18 May 2010
Diamond wire saws to become mainstream in solar wafer slicing in 2 years
With the shortage of silicon carbonide, a material for traditional solar wafer slicing, and the potential for lower costs and higher production, diamond wire saw technology could...
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