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Saturday 4 February 2012
Decrease in solar installation costs causes governments to make incentive cuts
The price of solar products decreased around 50% in 2011 due to a demand freeze and oversupply. This has caused the cost of installing solar PV systems to drop rapidly.
Saturday 4 February 2012
Digitimes Research: 2012 global solar installations to reach 28.5GW, higher than previous forecast
Digitimes Research forecast 2012 total installations to be 26.9GW. However, Germany announced fourth-quarter 2011 installations surpassed the predicted 4GW. Hence, Digitimes Research...
Thursday 29 December 2011
Commentary: A recap of the solar market, 2004-2011
Managing a business is like managing a battle. The many problems and challenges require the management to have good organization and coordination skills. Mostly importantly, the management...
Friday 2 December 2011
Commentary: Consolidation to get solar industry back on track
The solar market has been experiencing large turbulences in 2011. No one is optimistic about the industry in the short run. However, the exit of unfit firms has become the main drive...
Tuesday 15 November 2011
European PV market sees modest pick up in year-end demand, says Solarbuzz
A projected on-quarter rise of 22% in fourth-quarter 2011 European photovoltaic (PV) market is providing a welcome temporary boost for downstream solar companies, according to Solarbuzz...
Thursday 7 July 2011
HomeLights and Bridgelux partner to deliver new generation of LED lighting
HomeLights, a leading LED lighting company, has entered into a partnership with Bridgelux, a leading developer and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies and solutions, to introduce...
Friday 3 September 2010
Asia solar cell prices unlikely to fall in September
Prices for Asia-made solar cells are showing no signs of decrease in September, and some Taiwan-based solar cell makers have even modestly raised quotes by an average of US$0.01,...
Monday 2 August 2010
Government incentives to make UK solar hotspot in 2010, says iSuppli
Installations of photovoltaic (PV) systems in the UK will amount to 96MW in 2010, up 1,500% from 6MW in 2009, according to iSuppli. While the country's growth will start from a nearly...
Friday 9 July 2010
Foxconn denies plans to acquire Sony LCD TV factory in Spain
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has responded to a market rumor that it plans to acquire Sony's LCD TV assembly factory in Spain saying it has never heard of such...
Monday 8 February 2010
Acer aims for 10% notebook market share in China in 2H10
Acer believes its notebook market share in China will have a chance to reach 10% in the second half of 2010 from around 7-8% in the fourth quarter of 2009, according to company CEO...
Tuesday 24 November 2009
Foxconn may land LCD TV orders from Sony Spain
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) may land LCD TV outsourcing orders from Sony plant in Spain, according to a Chinese language Economic Daily News (EDN) rep...
Thursday 20 August 2009
PV market shows signs of rebound in 2Q09, says IMS Research
Shipments of solar power (PV) equipment grew by 81% in the second quarter of 2009 from the first, according to IMS Research, indicating the worst of the industry's downturn may now...
Friday 7 August 2009
Taiwan maker ArimaEco finishes installation of CPV system for ISFOC in Spain
Arima EcoEnergy Technologies (ArimaEco), a Taiwan-based maker of GaAs high-concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) modules, has completed the installation of a 300KWp concentration PV (CPV)...
Wednesday 15 July 2009
Taiwan-based Green Energy Technology to invest in PV power plant in Spain
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...
Monday 20 April 2009
Solar downturn leads to more mature PV industry, says iSuppli
The severe downturn in the global photovoltaic (PV) market in 2009 actually could have a positive outcome for the worldwide solar industry, yielding a more mature and orderly supply...