The two largest solar markets in the world, Germany and Italy, hope to curb solar installations by making drastic cuts to incentives
Last update: Wednesday 28 March 2012 [5 news items]
Italy may implement new solar subsidy program in June
Mar 28, 15:44
Italy, the second-largest solar market in Europe, is likely to implement a new solar subsidy program in June. The new program will include an installation subsidy cap of 400MW per...
Germany likely to maintain April 1 solar incentive cuts between 20-40%
Mar 28, 01:25
The government in Germany is expected to announce solar incentive cuts on April 1. The magnitude of the cuts will likely be the same as previously announced, between 20-40% depending...
Solar module firms engage in fierce price competition in Europe solar market
Mar 26, 10:58
The impact of price cuts of China-based solar modules has been sweeping through Europe and China's domestic market. In Europe, brands from Europe, South Korea and Japan have been...
Italy expected to have 2GW solar installation demand in 2Q12
Mar 21, 15:28
The government in Italy will be making feed-in-tariff (FIT) cuts in June, and the industry believes a surge of demand about 2GW will happen in the second quarter before the cut.
Downstream solar firms lower inventory levels in preparation for April 1 FIT cuts in Germany
Mar 21, 15:25
The global solar industry has been waiting for the announcement of new feed-in-tariff (FIT) cuts in Germany. If the magnitude of the new cuts is smaller than expected, a new surge...
- Germany cuts solar aid to curb prices, panel installations (March 29) - ABC News
- Germany delays solar aid cuts for ground units, lawmakers say (March 27) - Bloomberg
- Cuts redraw Germany's solar power landscape (March 27) - Finacial Times
- Germany could add 4GW in solar panels in H1-sources (March 15) - Reuters Africa
- Solar suppliers head for first demand drop as subsidy cut (March 9) - Bloomberg
TSMC presence in advance process market remains strong
Bits + chips | 6h 3min ago
Chicony seeks growth from non-notebook product lines
IT + CE | 6h 58min ago
Taiwan April export order value slightly down on month, year, says MOEA
Bits + chips | 7h 7min ago
Global large-size panel shipments exceed 65 million units in April 2013, says WitsView
Displays | 7h 8min ago
Supply chain to begin volume shipments of new Xbox console orders in 3Q13
IT + CE | 7h 10min ago
MediaTek 2Q13 sales likely to beat guidance
Bits + chips | 7h 23min ago
Taiwan makers expected to benefit from Lenovo targeting smartphones in 2013
Mobile + telecom | 7h 25min ago
Digitimes Research: Taiwan LCD driver IC shipments rise 22% in 1Q13
Bits + chips | 7h 27min ago
Taiwan panel makers lower pricing for Ultra HD TV panels
Displays | 7h 29min ago
Taiwan April export order value slightly down on month, year, says MOEA
Before Going to Press | 7h 21min ago
Global large-size panel shipments exceed 65 million units in April 2013, says WitsView
Before Going to Press | 7h 25min ago
Touchscreen IC, LED driver IC suppliers to post strong May
Before Going to Press | 7h 26min ago
Win Semi expects to post double-digit revenue growth in 2013
Before Going to Press | 7h 27min ago
TPK expected to see decline in touch screen notebook panel shipments during 2Q13
Before Going to Press | 7h 27min ago
Demand for large-size driver ICs to boom in 2H13, say backend firms
Before Going to Press | 7h 30min ago
Epistar expects revenue proportion for LED used in lighting to rise to 30%
Before Going to Press | 7h 30min ago
HTC cooperates with KDDI to launch HTC One in Japan market
Before Going to Press | 7h 32min ago
Innolux expected to ship 1 million TOD units in 2013
Before Going to Press | 7h 42min ago
- Trial production of 5th-generation iPad to begin soon, say Taiwan makers
- Handset vendors in discussion over producing 6-inch and larger phones
- Taiwan component makers conservative about growth in 2H13 notebook shipments
- Taiwan-based analog IC suppliers facing increasing competition from rivals in China
- Commentary: High-end LED lighting in demand
- AUO supply of iPad mini panels in 2Q13 expected to slip sequentially
- More firms provide crystal-less USB 3.0 device controllers
- BLU makers report different results in 1Q13
- ChipMOS capex for 2013 to reach NT$2.5-2.8 billion
- BIOS designers feel the impact from weak PC market
- Apple MacBook orders to rise 20% sequentially in 2Q13
- Capella tops analog IC suppliers with highest EPS in 1Q13
- LED firms to lower prices through improved technology
- Digitimes Research: Europe solar trade tariffs may slow down market growth
- Getac aims at expanding ruggedized PC market share to 30%
- Ruggedized PC vendors eyeing 7- to 8-inch tablet market
- Wintek to reportedly set up joint venture 6G touch panel factory in China with Nanjing Panda Electronics
- China market: Several smartphone components in short supply
- Taiwan LED firms to attend Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2013
- Asia Pacific leads worldwide mobile phone sales growth in 1Q13, says Gartner
- SMA Technology sees 1Q13 revenues fall on year
- SunPower announces fiscal 2013 financial guidance
- LED plant factory market to reach US$1.2 billion in 2013, says PIDA
- Equipment maker Acter sees profits down in 1Q13
- Asustek unveils Intel 8 series motherboards
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- ABB to acquire Power-One to become a global leader in solar photovoltaic (PV) inverters
- Heraeus purchases the Ferro Corporation solar paste business
- Advantech: Supporting the Photovoltaics Industry with All-in-One Solutions
- BIG SUN Energy launches 6" mono cells with 19.4% conversion efficiency and patented iPV tracker
- Revolutionary solar tracking system to expand solar penetration: The aspiration to become the Apple in solar industry
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- Solar-grade polysilicon probes almost completed (May 16) - People's Daily
- Solar panels installed on ambulance vehicles (May 15) - BBC News
- Ted Turner taking coal funds to create solar odd couple (May 13) - Business Week
- Greece announces drastic FIT cuts (May 13) - PV Magazine
- Germany critical of EU solar tariffs, says report (May 12) - Wall Street Journal
- China aims to avoid a trade war (May 10) - PV Magazine
- EU solar duties targeting China could backfire (May 9) - Xinhuanet
- EC proposed China solar panel tax angers AFASE (May 9) - Energy Matters
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Taiwan-based solar firms have been expressing optimistic view about the solar market.
China-based large-size solar firm Suntech Power Holdings failed to pay back US$541 million in convertible notes on March 15 and announced the insolvency...
Rumors from China solar industry
China government reportedly planned to announce the preliminary result of the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation on February 20, but now the...
Neo Solar Power to merge with Delta's subsidiary, DelSolar
Opportunity lies for MEMS energy harvesting: Q&A with Holst Centre general manager Bert Gyselinckx
Digitimes recently interviewed Bert Gyselinckx, general manager of the Holst Centre in Eindhoven, to...
MEMS-enabled energy harvesting: Q&A with MIG executive director Karen Lightman
Digitimes recently spoke with Karen Lightman, the executive director of MEMS Industry Group (MIG),...
Putting solar on anything that can be moved, carried or worn: Q&A with Alta Devices
GaAs solar material maker Alta Devices boasts solar cells with an efficiency of 28.8%, but perhaps...
The Taiwan-based solar supply chain is likely to enter a period of consolidation. For upstream material...
- 2H 2012 global TFT panel market forecast
Digitimes Research predicts there will be a total of 389 million large-sized TFT LCD panels shipped in 2H12, with 195 million in the third quarter and 194 million in the fourth quarter - with the total representing a 7.6% increase over the first half of this year.
- 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.
- Trends in Asia LED chip manufacturing industry
Asia is playing an ever more important role in upstream LED chip manufacturing. The region accounted for 80% of MOCVD demand in 2011 and will account for 90% in 2012, largely because Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and China are the major global centers for LED chip production.