Decrease in solar installation costs causes governments to make incentive cuts

Feb 4, 11:23

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.

Germany leads resurgent European growth late in 2011, says Solarbuzz

Jan 31, 14:38

A 23% sequential rise in the fourth-quarter 20111 European photovoltaic market has created short-term optimism in the industry, which has been amplified by the slowdown in module...

Germany government said to be about to discuss additional solar incentive cuts

Jan 16, 11:23

The unexpected high number of solar PV system installations in Germany in 2011 may ignite the possibility for the government to initiate incentive cuts. The latest possible version...

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...

China government to announce LED subsidies

Dec 21, 01:10

The LED lighting product subsidy program for the 12th Five Year Plan has been set up by China's National Development and Reform Commission and Ministry of Finance and will be announced...

LED industry anticipates product subsidies from China government to be announced at 2011 year-end

Nov 17, 14:26

Recently announced plans by the China government to abolish the importation and sale of incandescent light bulbs has been boosting confidence in the LED industry.

Monetary policies may affect 2012 solar incentives

Sep 28, 11:59

The solar industry has been plagued by low demand and the debt crises in Europe and the US, the two largest solar markets. Industry sources indicated that incentive cuts are possible...

China market: End of rural subsidy programs expected to impact notebook ODMs, says paper

Newswatch - Sep 27, 14:21

The rural subsidy programs implemented in China's, Shandong, Henan, Sichuan and Qingdao provinces, to help civilians purchase electronics products, will end in November, and Taiwan...

Intel downstream partners request CPU price drop

Sep 20, 01:10

Executives from Intel's PC partners - Acer Taiwan president Scott Lin and Compal Electronics president Ray Chen both have invoked Intel to help drop the Ultrabook price to below US$1,000...

China market: Local TV brands to lose advantage from subsidy program

Sep 19, 14:37

Local TV vendors in China is bracing for stronger competition from foreign brands as the country is set to end a home appliances subsidy program for rural areas, according to industry...

PC players optimistic about re-rise of Wintel

Sep 15, 01:05

PC players are starting to turn optimistic about a return of Wintel as Intel and Microsoft have each hosted global developer conferences to promote the upcoming Ivy Bridge processors...

Intel rejects 50% Ultrabook CPU price cut demand from notebook players

Aug 16, 01:15

Intel, facing notebook players' demand of supplying Ultrabook CPUs at a price 50% lower than original to help increase their profitability, rejected the proposal and is only willing...

Acer to start selling Intel/Android tablet PC in July

May 24, 01:20

Taiwan-based notebook brand vendor Acer is set to launch a tablet PC featuring the Intel Oak Trail platform and Google Android 3.0 operating system with the device already going under...

Italy PV subsidies undecided, but capped outline is clear, say Taiwan makers

May 6, 10:29

While the Italian government has not yet finalized new PV feed-in tariffs, the following principles are almost solid: tariffs will be cut each month to reach a cumulative reduction...

Italy extends current solar incentives to end of August

May 2, 12:09

The April 28 scheduled announcement of Italy's incentive program was postponed and the current program will remain till the end of August. This was the result of irreconcilable differences...

Intel pushes Android plans

Apr 14, 01:10

Intel, in the third quarter of 2011, is set to announce a new plan for tablet PCs – PRC Plus, pushing an Intel/Android 3.0 platform, after nearly half of year of negotiations...

China becomes largest LCD TV market with 40 million units of demand in 2010

Mar 18, 01:30

Through promotions such as the rural subsidy program, demand for LCD TVs in China surged to almost 40 million units in 2010 surpassing the US to became the largest LCD TV market worldwide,...

Intel increases marketing subsidies for motherboard players

Feb 24, 01:10

In addition to offering compensation to motherboard players for its defective chipsets, Intel plans to increase its marketing subsidy budget hoping to comfort its motherboard partners...

Yangzhou to end MOCVD equipment subsidy in mid-2011

Dec 21, 13:58

Yangzhou City will end procurement subsidization for MOCVD equipment in July of 2011, according to Yangzhou Economic Development Zone. Epitaxial wafer plants registered after the...

Solar wafer shortage to persist in the 1H11, says GCL-Poly chairman

Dec 8, 12:16

Zhu Gongshan, chairman and CEO of GCL-Poly, China's leading polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) solar wafer maker, indicated that cost declines throughout the solar supply chain will...

Delta, AUO receive subsidy from the MOEA

Newswatch - Nov 26, 12:17

The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has approved subsidies totaling NT$600 million (US$19.7 million) for Delta Electronics' LED project and AU Optronics' (AUO's) AMOLED project...

China market: Konka sells 3.2 million TVs through rural subsidy program in 1Q10-3Q10, says report

Newswatch - Oct 25, 15:48

China-based TV vendor Konka sold over 3.2 million TVs under the rural subsidy program for the first three quarters of 2010 with sales revenues exceeding 5.68 billion yuan (US$ 185.6...

China market: Rural subsidy program sales up almost 7% sequentially in August

Sep 13, 16:43

Sales revenues through the China government's rural subsidy program increased 6.93% sequentially and 126% on year to 17.12 billion yuan (US$2.53 billion) in August 2010, while shipments...

Germany rumored to be considering subsidy cap for solar system installation in 2011

Aug 19, 14:18

The government in Germany is reportedly considering a cap on subsidy for solar system installation in 2011, according to industry sources.

China market: Rural subsidy program sales up almost 19% sequentially in July

Aug 17, 16:53

Sales revenues through the China government's rural subsidy program increased 18.95% sequentially and 82% on year to 16.01 billion yuan (US$2.356 billion) in July 2010, while shipments...

China market: Subsidies drive TV sales in rural areas in 1H10

Aug 16, 12:48

China government's rural subsidy program drove TV sales in the county and township-level in the first half of 2010, accounting for 66% of the total TV sales in those areas, according...

Inventory volatility packs supply-chain peril for global solar market, says iSuppli

Aug 13, 14:30

Radical swings in inventory levels for PV solar cells in 2010 are resulting in perilous market conditions that potentially could drive unaware companies out of the market, according...

Taiwan market: Solar system companies protest opaque Taipower approval process

Aug 11, 14:54

Representatives from solar energy system companies in Taiwan staged a protest at the Bureau of Energy to voice their disapproval of the lack of transparency in Taiwan Power Company's...

Foxconn denies receiving Apple labor cost subsidy, says report

Newswatch - Jul 16, 16:36

An executive from the Foxconn Group has denied a recent rumor circulating in China's IT market that Apple is paying Foxconn a 2% subsidy on its labor costs as compensation for the...