Green Energy Technology (GET) has recently moved to temporarily outsource wafer slicing because its own capacity is unable to meet a recent large increase in order volumes, according...
Spot market prices for solar-grade 6-inch poly-Si wafers have recently risen by 8.8-9.4% from US$3.2-3.4 per wafer to US$3.5-3.7, according to industry sources in Taiwan.
China-based solar wafer supplier LDK Solar expects a net loss of US$180-200 million for the second quarter of 2009, according to the company's latest outlook for the quarter.
Taiwan-based Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) will expand its annual production capacity of crystalline silicon wafer capacity by an equivalent of 80MWp to 360MWp in total, with...
China-based ReneSola, which is listed in New York and London, has begun trial production of solar-grade polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) ingots/wafers at a factory of Sichuan ReneSola...
Taiwan-based solar wafer and thin-film module maker Green Energy Technology (GET) will invest 11.357 million euro (US$15.9 million) in November-December 2009 to set up a PV power...
Following an increase in polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) spot quotes from US$55/kg to US$60/kg in June by makers in China, China-based suppliers of 6-inch poly-Si solar wafers and...
Sino Silicon Technology, a China subsidiary of Taiwan-based wafer supplier Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS), is expected to have a utilization rate of 80% in the third quarter...
AU Optronics (AUO) has decided to invest up to US$125 million in M.Setek for a majority stake eventually, but the Japan-based solar wafer supplier had talked with other Taiwan-based...
AU Optronics (AUO) has announced a plan to take majority control of Japan-based silicon wafer supplier M.Setek in order to secure key materials in the solar industry and strengthen...
LED packaging house Taiwan Oasis Technology has revealed that it will cooperate with China-based solar wafer maker Solargiga Energy to develop LED streetlamps powered by photovoltaic...
A group of former employees of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) on April 9 staged a sit-in protest outside the residence of TSMC chairman Morris Chang. They demanded...
Taiwan-based Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) expects the operations of its wholly-owned subsidiary Globitech in the US and its affiliate Silfab SpA in Italy to get better in...
Solargiga Energy, a China-based maker of solar-grade monocrystalline silicon ingots and wafers, on June 2 announced a cross-investment deal with Kinmac Solar, a Taiwan-based maker...
Quotes for solar-grade poly-Si have dropped from US$80-90/kg in early May to US$75/kg currently, and quotes by some China-based makers have also slipped to US$60-65/kg, adding more...
