GET refutes production suspension of thin-film solar products

May 22, 14:09

Taiwan-based solar wafer firm Green Energy Technology (GET) has refuted rumors it is suspending production at its thin-film solar division.

Chilisin positive about demand for handheld devices

Jan 31, 01:25

Inductor supplier Chilisin Electronics expects brisk demand for products used in smartphones, tablets and other consumer handheld devices to sustain its revenue growth in 2012. Meanwhile,...

Arakawa Chemical, Taimide team up on thin-film metallization process research

Jan 9, 14:14

Taiwan-based polyimide (PI) film supplier Taimide Technology has announced it will work with Japan's Arakawa Chemical Industries to develop a new process used for the manufacture...

Chilisin to volume produce thin-film inductors in 1H12

Dec 30, 15:19

Chilisin Electronics is set to start volume production of 0201 thin-film multilayer inductors in the first half of 2012, with plans to boost the capacity for such parts to 100 million...

Q-Cells CIGS thin-film technology reaches 17.4% efficiency

Nov 30, 11:20

Solibro, a subsidiary of Q-Cells SE, has marked a world record with its thin-film technology CIGS. Solibro's thin-film Q.SMART module technology is now the first in the entire thin-film...

First Solar to cooperate with NRG Energy

Nov 4, 10:20

US-based thin-film solar firm First Solar and NRG Energy have announced an agreement for First Solar to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for NRG's...

First Solar reports 3Q11 revenue growth

Oct 27, 11:38

US-based thin-film solar firm First Solar has announced financial results for the third quarter of 2011. Net sales were US$1,006 million in the quarter, an increase of US$473 million...

First Solar to participate in southern California solar project

Sep 28, 10:52

In a major step in the development of the Imperial Solar Energy Center South, Tenaska Solar Ventures, the solar energy affiliate of Tenaska, has selected First Solar to be the technology...

First Solar announces agreement for 100MW module supply with Reliance Power

Sep 7, 14:08

US-based First Solar, a leading provider of thin-film photovoltaic (PV) system solutions, has announced a 100MW solar module supply agreement with Reliance Power. First Solar will...

Auria Solar posts lower than expected revenues in 1H11

Sep 1, 12:27

Auria Solar's audited financial report for the first half of 2011 shows lower-than-expected revenues due to uncollected goods by an Italy-based client, according to the thin-film...

NRG Solar begins operations at facility in New Mexico

Sep 1, 10:41

NRG Solar, a subsidiary of NRG Energy, has started producing electricity at its 20MW Roadrunner Solar Generating Facility, the second-largest PV project in the state of New Mexico...

GET lowers 2011 financial guidance

Aug 30, 15:14

Taiwan-based solar wafer firm Green Energy Technology (GET) has lowered its 2011 financial guidance. EPS was originally forecast to be NT$15, but has been decreased to negative NT$2.90...

Increasing demand of conversion efficiency to pose obstacles for thin-film solar products

Aug 18, 13:58

Solar power system firms have been focused on rooftop systems due to changes in the incentive programs in Europe. Hence, solar power system firms tend to demand solar cells with higher...

First Solar sees 2Q11 revenues down due to policy uncertainties

Aug 5, 11:44

First Solar has announced financial results for the second quarter of 2011. Net sales were US$533 million in the quarter, a decrease of US$34.5 million from the first quarter of 2011,...

Commentary: CIGS firms face tough competition

Aug 2, 15:48

Price competition among polysilicon solar cells have been causing the price for copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin-film solar cells to decrease as well. As governments in...

NexPower posts 1H11 shipments of 43.16MWp of a-Si thin-film PV modules

Jul 22, 11:13

A-Si thin-film PV module maker NexPower Technology shipped 43.16MWp of modules in the first half of 2011, growing 24.2% on year, according to the company. NexPower landed a large...

BeyondPV stops trading on Taiwan stock market

Jul 21, 14:20

Thin-film PV module maker BeyondPV has announced that its stock is now no longer traded on Taiwan's Emerging Stock Board (ESB).

NexPower turns out microcrystalline tandem-junction thin-film PV modules at conversion rate of 10.4%

Jun 30, 10:47

NexPower Technology has successfully produced microcrystalline tandem-junction thin-film PV modules with an energy conversion rate of 10.4% and a power-generating capacity of 160W...

White-box players supply close to 20% of global tablet PC shipments in 1Q11

Jun 28, 01:05

White-box tablet PC players are rising quickly in the tablet PC industry with related shipments already accounting for close to 20% of global tablet PC shipments in the first quarter...

Consumer products to adopt solar panels

Jun 27, 15:07

Following Apple's footsteps in installing solar panels in consumer products, Samsung has introduced the first solar panel netbook, NC215S.

Taiwan to cooperate with China to secure steady supply of rare earth materials

May 17, 15:45

Due to restrictions on the production and export of rare earth materials, the price of the elements has been reaching new levels. The price of praseodymium oxide grew from CNY80,000...

Growing demand for a-Si thin-film PV modules in Southeast Asia, but the pressure to cut quotes is high

May 5, 11:52

Demand for a-Si thin-film PV modules is growing significantly in the Southeast Asia region including the Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand, but potential clients are asking for low...

Viking Tech shares up 34% on first-day OTC trading

Mar 17, 01:40

Taiwan-based Viking Tech, which specializes in the design and manufacture of chip resistors, saw its share price soar 33.75% on its first day of trading on Taiwan's over-the-counter...

Tong Hsing, Viking Tech to expand LED heat sink substrate capacities

Mar 11, 11:50

Taiwan-based LED heat sink substrate makers Tong Hsing Electronic Industries and Viking Tech both plan to ramp up their capacities to accommodate rising demand coming from the LED...

Viking projects over 40% growth in 2011 revenues

Mar 11, 01:10

Taiwan-based Viking Tech, which specializes in the design and manufacture of chip resistors, has forecast that its revenues for 2011 will climb 40-50%. Automotive thin-film resistors...

Viking Tech to expand thin-film resistor capacity 20-30% in 2011

Mar 1, 16:45

Taiwan-based Viking Tech, which specializes in the design and manufacture of chip resistors, plans to expand capacity for thin-film resistors by 20-30% in 2011 to meet demand from...

ITO replacement market booming, says Information Network

Mar 1, 14:18

While indium tin oxide (ITO) is widely used as the material for transparent electrodes in an assorted range of electronic devices including thin film photovoltaics, touch-screen displays,...

Apple secures 60% of global touch panel capacity, causing tight supply

Feb 17, 01:50

In order to achieve its internal goal of shipping 40 million iPad products in 2011, Apple has occupied close to 60% of the global touch panel capacity causing tight supply among Apple's...