Applied Materials has won a battle against European-based OC Oerlikon Balzers AG in a dispute over IP related to thin-film solar technology. In an oral decision delivered this week,...
BeyondPV, a Taiwan-based maker of micromorphous silicon tandem-junction thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules, on February 26 held an opening ceremony for its factory located in southern...
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...
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)...
Taiwan-based TFT-LCD maker AU Optronics (AUO) on December 30 announced the establishment of an energy project office specifically for the development and production of third-generation...
Taiwan-based maker of amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules Sun Well Solar on November 19 obtained an IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) 61646...
While solar energy panel sales have and will continue to grow at a rate of about 40% per year, market research firm The Information Network indicated that several key growth drivers,...
Taiwan and China-based thin-film module makers are enjoying a steady stream of potential orders and stable prices, but the tasks of technologically attaining a sufficient economy...
AU Optronics (AUO) is to reduce capex in 2008 from NT$130-140 billion (US$3.88-4.18 billion) to NT$100 billion. Second phase expansion of the company's second 7.5G line will be delayed...
Despite the rapid decline of oil prices and a slowdown in the semiconductor and FPD (flat-panel display) industries recently, global investment in solar energy has continued to build...
Ritek has announced a strategic alliance with Netherlands-based Scheuten Solar Holding BV to set up a joint venture to make CIGS (copper-indium-gallium-selenide) thin-film solar modules...
Solartech Energy, a Taiwan-based producer of crystalline silicon solar cells, is expanding its production capacity through the construction of a new factory in northern Taiwan. Total...
Green Energy Technology will begin to use self-developed technology to increase the total production capacity of is silicon ingot growing equipment from an equivalent of 200MWp to...
Optical film maker Efun Technology has raised its stake in a thin-film solar cell subsidiary to 54% by injecting another NT$204 million (US$6.38 million) into the company.
DuPont has set up an R&D center in Taiwan for the development of materials for crystalline silicon and thin-film solar cells. The company expects to invest US$3 million in the...
