Last update: Thursday 24 January 2013 [469 news items]
Commentary: A recap of the solar market, 2004-2011
Dec 29, 15:42
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...
Electricity shortage problem in China to continue, says report
Dec 28, 15:56
The rise of the renewable energy industry in China has been causing investments into fossil fuel electricity generation projects to decrease. According to experts from China Electricity...
Strong financial support necessary for solar firms in 2012
Dec 28, 01:15
With a tumultuous 2011 winding down, many solar firms do not dare to have optimistic view on the industry in 2012. Industry sources believe firms with strong financial support will...
China targets solar PV installations to reach 15GW in 2015
Dec 27, 14:59
The 2015 solar PV installation target for China's 12th Five-Year Plan for renewable energy has been increased to 15GW, 50% higher than the previous target. According to China media,...
Top Green Energy plans to shut down solar cell productions
Dec 27, 01:05
Taiwan-based solar cell maker Top Green Energy indicated the plan to shut down cell operations. In addition, the firm does not exclude the possibility of selling equipment as well...
Global solar demand to reach 20GW, says Win Win chairman
Dec 26, 09:42
The global installation capacity for solar PV systems in 2012 is expected to reach 20GW, rising from 16-18GWp estimated for 2011, according to chairman and general manager Davis Chen...
Digitimes Research: Polysilicon spot price in Greater China returns above US$25/kg
Dec 23, 16:12
The prices of solar products in Greater China did not experience a lot of changes this week (December 19-23). According to Digitimes analyst Chihheng Liang, the solar industry has...
Gintech sees capacity fully occupied
Dec 23, 11:40
Gintech Energy, a Taiwan-based maker of solar cells, has received rush orders with prices above US$0.50/watt to fully occupy its production capacities, with some shipments scheduled...
Solar wafer firms negotiating higher prices
Dec 22, 14:04
Solar wafer suppliers are negotiating with cell clients over increasing the price of 6-inch wafers by 3% to US$1.18/unit, according to industry sources.
China solar installations in 2012 to reach 3GW, says report
Dec 22, 11:29
China's solar installations may reach 3GW in 2012, according to China news outlet NE21. Due to strong support from the central and local governments, the solar industry in China has...
Canadian Solar cooperates with TransCanada on Ontario solar PV project
Dec 21, 10:28
China-based solar firm Canadian Solar has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Canadian Solar Solutions Inc (CSSI), has entered into a sales agreement with TransCanada Corporation,...
Joint venture from Motech, GET and Taiwan Polysilicon put on hold
Dec 21, 01:00
The joint venture between Taiwan-based solar cell maker Motech, solar wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET), and polysilicon supplier Taiwan Polysilicon Corporation has been put...
Solar PV firms shifting focus to profitability in 2012, says Solarbuzz
Dec 20, 14:26
Financial challenges are forcing solar photovoltaic (PV) companies to shift focus from seeking market share to instead prioritizing a return to profitability, according to Solarbuzz...
Yingli Solar sets up solar project leasing firm
Dec 20, 01:35
China-based large-size solar firm Yingli Solar has invested US$10 million to set up a leasing company for the solar project financing business, according to China media.
Buffet acquires 49% stake in NRG Energy solar power plant
Dec 19, 14:42
MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company (owned by Warren Buffett) will acquire a 49% interest in the Agua Caliente solar project from NRG Energy. The 290-megawatt solar photovoltaic (PV)...
Solon bankruptcy causes stirs in Taiwan solar industry
Dec 19, 14:39
The wind of bankruptcies of solar firms has been blowing to Europe's solar industry. Europe-based solar module firm Solon declared bankruptcy last week, causing quite a stir. Taiwan-based...
Global PV demand to rebound in 2Q12, prices unlikely to rise, says SAS chairman
Dec 16, 11:18
The global solar market is at bottom currently but will rebound in the second quarter of 2012, although product prices are unlikely to rise along with rebounding demand, according...
Electricity subsidies for polysilicon firms cause concerns, says report
Dec 15, 15:01
The aim for expanding the solar market is to replace unclean energy sources. However, the production of polysilicon requires a large amount of electricity that is currently generated...
First Solar revises down 2011 revenues guidance
Dec 15, 10:31
US-based First Solar has updated the 2011 financial guidance and announced 2012 guidance.
Solar thermal energy showing bright prospects in China, says report
Dec 14, 12:17
As the solar PV industry faces increasing challenges, China is looking at alternatives from solar thermal technologies. According to China media outlet Newenergy, technologies of...
China polysilicon firms call for government protection
Dec 14, 12:06
The anti-dumping and anti-subsidy probe taken up by the US government has been causing concerns for China-based solar firms. China-based polysilicon firms have suggested the Chinese...
Polysilicon contract price shows slight rebound in December
Dec 14, 01:00
Some polysilicon contracts in Asia dropped close to US$25/kg in November, according to industry rumors. Industry sources indicated the price drops have been easing and rebounding...
SunPower to supply 54MW of solar power technology to NRG Solar
Dec 13, 14:18
SunPower has announced that it will supply NRG Solar, a subsidiary of NRG Energy, with a total of 54MW of SunPower solar power technology.
Global inventory of solar products around 6-8GW
Dec 13, 01:15
The price drops of solar products have been easing in fourth quarter. Industry sources estimated the global inventory level in the beginning of the fourth-quarter 2011 is around 6-8GW,...
Solar cell makers report mixed November performance
Dec 12, 14:44
Taiwan-based solar cell makers reported mixed November revenues with Neo Solar Power showing a slight sequential increase while Motech, Gintech, and Solartech reported falling reve...
Solar market to climb out of trough at end of 1Q12, says Gintech president
Dec 9, 16:59
The price of solar products has dropped to a significant low. Digitimes recently met up with Wen-Whe Pan, president and COO of Taiwan-based solar cell maker Gintech to talk about...
Half of China solar firms halt production, says report
Dec 9, 16:43
About 50% of the firms in China's solar industry have suspended production, according to the country's Guangzhou Daily.
Digitimes Research: Solar cell spot price in Greater China remains flat
Dec 9, 16:25
Spot price of solar cells in the Greater China region stopped falling this week (Dec 5-9), according to Digitimes Research analyst Chihheng Liang. The spot price of solar cells has...
Solar wafer inventory cleared out, says GET president
Dec 9, 11:11
Green Energy Technology (GET) has cleaned its inventory of solar wafers, and its supply of A++ wafers with energy conversion rates of 17-17.2% has been slightly short of demand with...
MEMC to cut 1,300 jobs worldwide
Dec 9, 10:41
US-based solar firm MEMC Electronic Materials (MEMC) has announced a series of actions to be taken during the fourth quarter of 2011 and the first quarter of 2012 that will reduce...
Solar trade war may backfire on US, says China media
Dec 8, 15:53
The anti-dumping and anti-subsidy probe taken up by the US government directed at China-based solar firms has been causing a stir in China, and according to local media, may end up...
Digitimes Research: Shipments of solar modules from China major firms continue to increase in 2011
Dec 8, 15:33
The revenues accumulated by China-based large-size internationally-listed solar firms in the first half of 2011 were less than the revenues from the same period in 2010, but shipments...
Polysilicon spot price stabilizes at US$25/kg
Dec 8, 14:36
The spot price of polysilicon has been stabilizing around US$25/kg. Industry sources indicated the price has been closing in on the variable costs of many Europe- and US-based polysilicon...
Digitimes Research: Solar firms facing concerns over the ability to repay loans
Dec 7, 14:31
Since the second half of 2011, many solar firms have been suffering losses and possible bankruptcies. US-based Solyndra, Spectrawatt and Evergreen Solar all declared bankruptcy. Many...
Inventory clear-outs by solar wafer firms coming to an end
Dec 7, 01:05
Since the beginning of fourth-quarter 2011, Taiwan-based solar wafer firms such as Green Energy Technology (GET), Sino-American Silicon (SAS) and Danen have been eager to clear out...
Alltop expects 20-30% growth in non-notebook businesses
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Chipbond expects sales to peak in 3Q13
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Taiwan market: Sony to launch Handycam camcorder GW88V
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Simplo, Dynapack approve 2012 dividends
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Spreadtrum raises sales guidance for 2Q13
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Taiwan optical supply chain facing challenges from China players
Before Going to Press | Jun 17, 22:11
Taiwan LED Lighting Industry Alliance to propose Taiwan-China common standards for LED lighting
Before Going to Press | Jun 17, 21:50
CVIA expects China TV vendors to purchase US$4.5 billion in panels from Taiwan
Before Going to Press | Jun 17, 21:17
Digitimes Research: China touch panel makers expand their influence in the market
Before Going to Press | Jun 17, 21:16
Chipbond ramping up testing capacity for advanced driver ICs
Before Going to Press | Jun 17, 21:15
Chipbond expects sales to peak in 3Q13
Before Going to Press | Jun 17, 21:13
China market: Nutshell Electronics unveils two smartphones
Before Going to Press | Jun 17, 21:13
Taiwan IC design houses reducing exposure in NAND flash controller market
Before Going to Press | Jun 17, 21:10
Kinsus sets 2013 capex at record NT$4.5-5 billion
Before Going to Press | Jun 17, 21:10
Suntech HiPerforma solar module
Suntech has introduced the new HiPerforma 250 watt solar module that can be installed for residential, commercial and utility-scale uses. The module adopts Suntech's Pluto cell...
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During weak market conditions in 2011, Taiwan-based solar cell maker Gintech was the first firm in Taiwan to return to full capacity in fourth-quarter 2011. Digitimes conducted an...
Solar industry in adjustment period: Q&A with Motech chairman Simon Tsuo
Yuan-Huai Simon Tsuo, chairman of Motech has been viewed as an important figure in the development of the solar industry in Taiwan. Tsuo commented on the gloomy market in the first...
At a September 24 public hearing held by the Bureau of Energy (BE) under Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) to discuss its recently announced tentative feed-in tariff rates...
- First-tier players may release smartphones that adopt heat pipes by the end of the year
- CVIA: China to purchase 30 million TV panels from Taiwan makers
- Taiwan makers see booming orders for smartphone tablet accessories
- Taiwan IC design houses reducing exposure in NAND flash controller market
- Mixed-signal technology to dominate global chipset market: Q&A with Dialog Semiconductor CEO Jalal Bagherli
- Taiwan market: Tablet sales in 2013 to reach nearly 2 million units, says FET executive
- SPIL expanding capacity for high-end ICs
- OLED TVs to be similarly priced as LCD TVs by 2016, say observers
- ODMs promoting convertible notebooks to brand vendors
- Chunghwa Telecom breaks ground for data center in northern Taiwan
- Global output of LED light bulbs to reach 600 million units in 2013, says Epistar chairman
- Digitimes Research: Competition in the AMOLED panel industry continuing to heat up
- Wistron, Inventec unlikely to see notebook revenue proportion drop below 50% in the short term
- Acer, Asustek to continue posting losses in smartphone business
- Epistar to issue 250 million new shares for private placement
- Order visibility from BlackBerry extends to 2-3 quarters, say suppliers
- Unity Opto profits double in 2012
- Taiwan market: Vibo Telecom mulls partnership for 4G investment
- LED packaging houses face rising technological challenge
- New Csun solar manufacturing facility in Turkey opens door for maker
- Rising demand for large-size TVs beneficial to polarizer makers: Q&A with Ho Jau-yang, chairman of CMMT
- Digitimes Research: China mobile AP market to expand in 2013
- Asustek expects 10% sequential drop in 2Q13 notebook and tablet shipments
- Taiwan market: Taiwan Mobile to launch VoIP at M+
- Coolpad becomes top 3G handset vendor in China
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- IBM starts American job cuts, say reports (June 13) - NASDAQ.com
- NHK to air documentary on Taiwanese semiconductor giant (June 6) - Focus Taiwan news channel
- Slow global GDP growth weighs on IC market (May 29) - IC Insights
- Infineon ships security chips to Taiwan electronic passport program (May 23) - Company release
- Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee (May 21) - BBC News
- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
- Eurozone retail sales fall for second consecutive month (May 6) - BBC News
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- Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
- Cavendish Kinetics announces RF MEMS technology for improving wireless performance
- Solar trade dispute spreads to wine industry; gets personal
- Analogix eyes link between smartphones and HD displays
- Strong reaction from China, EU members over solar trade row
Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
Cavendish Kinetics recently announced the availability of production samples of its tunable RF capacitors...
Taiwan-based Chimei Group, once a major LCD panel maker, now focuses on providing upstream components...
Eight years ago, the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) defined the first carrier class networks and services...
Singapore-based Gajah International Pte Ltd (Gajah) has won several Computex 2013 Design and Innovation...
- Smartphone and tablet industry: The view from Taiwan - May 2012
Taiwan-based companies have a long and successful history of involvement in the supply chain for mobile devices, which for the purposes of this article consist...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - May 2012
The year 2011 saw the motherboard industry reverse its trend of declining shipments year-on-year, to post a slight 0.2% growth. This upturn in fortunes was expected...
- Notebook market overview - Jun 2011
The notebook industry in 2010 experienced several major events that significantly changed the industry's ecosystem for the year and the industry is also believed...
- LCD TV overview - Jun 2011
Growth of the global LCD TV market was not as strong as expected in 2010 as the market continued to feel the aftershocks of the economic recession that had hit...
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 tablet market
Digitimes Research remains conservative about the prospects for the period, with half-year shipments projected to reach 49.18 million units and whole-year shipments being revised downward to 88.69 million units.
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 smartphone market
Smartphone shipments in 2010 and 2011 both enjoyed growth of more than 60%. Growth will decelerate in 2012 due to the high base, as well as a slowdown in consumer spending in Western Europe.
- 4Q12 trends in the Greater China touch panel industry
In the second half of 2012, the market focus is on the iPhone 5, which uses in-cell touch screen technology. Due to the integration of display panels and touch panel functions, the high technological threshold will mean Taiwan touch panel makers are unable to enter the iPhone supply chain.