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Thursday 31 December 2009
Kenmos to recognize loss from investment in Kenmos PV
Taiwan-based backlight unit (BLU) maker Kenmos Technology has announced it will recognize a loss of NT$380 million (US$11.81 million) for its investment in Kenmos PV, a joint venture...
Thursday 31 December 2009
Ritek to invest NT$800 million more in CIGS thin-film PV module joint venture PVNext
Ritek, the second largest Taiwan-based maker of blank optical discs, on December 30 announced the additional investment of up to NT$800 million (US$24.8 million) in PVNext, a CIGS...
Thursday 26 November 2009
China-based maker looking for thin-film PV module partners in Taiwan
A solar energy subsidiary of China Triumph International Engineering Company (CTIEC) is looking for potential partners in Taiwan for the production of thin film PV modules, according...
Tuesday 24 November 2009
China-based a-Si thin-film PV module maker Trony Solar to hold IPO on NYSE
Trony Solar Holdings, a China-based a-Si thin-film PV module maker, will issue 15 million units of ADR (American depositary receipts) for an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)...
Wednesday 11 November 2009
Thin-film technology share in solar panel market to double by 2013, says iSuppli
Thin-film solar cells are rapidly taking market share away from the established crystalline technology, with their portion of PV wattage more than doubling by 2013, according to iS...
Friday 16 October 2009
Japan-based maker to buy a Taiwan-based a-Si thin-film PV maker
A major Japan-based producer of PV products has visited several a-Si thin-film PV module makers in Taiwan looking to potentially acquire one of them, according to industry sources...
Tuesday 13 October 2009
a-Si thin-film PV module makers seeing rising utilization rates on demand from Germany
Major Taiwan-based makers of amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules, including Chi Mei Energy, Auria Solar and NexPower Technology, have obtained more orders...
Tuesday 13 October 2009
TSMC may set up thin-film PV plant at CTSP
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) may establish a photovoltaic (PV) production base on an 18-hectare site in the Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) to produce thin-film...
Friday 9 October 2009
Wurth Solar eyeing 14-15% conversion rates for CIGS thin-film modules
Germany-based Wurth Solar, a producer of CIGS (copper-indium-gallium-selenide) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules, expects to increase energy conversion rates for such products from...
Monday 5 October 2009
NexPower lands 30MWp thin-film PV module order from China, says paper
NexPower Technology, a member of the UMC Group, has landed an order for 30MWp of a-Si thin-film PV modules from a power-generating company in northern China, with shipments to begin...
Thursday 24 September 2009
FSE steps into making CIGS thin-film PV equipment
FSE Corporation, a Taiwan-based maker of vacuum sputtering equipment for optoelectronics products, has stepped in production of cluster-type PVD (physical vapor deposition) sputtering...
Tuesday 22 September 2009
EU PVSEC expected to signal business outlook for 4Q09, 2010, say Taiwan makers
The 2009 (24th) European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC) taking place in Hamburg, Germany, on September 21-25 is expected to be an indicator of the...
Tuesday 8 September 2009
Chi Mei Energy to start shipping see-through a-Si thin-film PV modules to the Middle East
Chi Mei Energy (CME), a Taiwan-based maker of amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules, has offered see-through BIPV (building-integrated PV) modules and will...
Monday 7 September 2009
First Solar to beat crystalline competitors in 2009, says iSuppli
Leveraging its low-cost thin-film process, US-based First Solar is expected to surpass its crystalline competitors to become the world's largest producer of photovoltaic (PV) cells...
Thursday 3 September 2009
Veeco Instruments to tap Taiwan, China markets of CIGS thin-film PV equipment
US-based Veeco Instruments will have a senior vice president visit clients in China and Taiwan in mid-September to promote its equipment for CIGS (copper-indium-gallium-selenide)...
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