Spot market prices for solar-grade 6-inch poly-Si wafers have recently risen by 8.8-9.4% from US$3.2-3.4 per wafer to US$3.5-3.7, according to industry sources in Taiwan.
AU Optronics (AUO)'s PV business strategy is to first focus on solutions for end-market users and upstream material supply, according to company president Lai-juh Chen.
Taiwan Polysilicon will begin installing production equipment for solar-grade poly-Si with an initial annual capacity of 8,000 metric tons in September 2009, and will become Taiwan's...
Taiwan-based Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corporation will invest NT$33.6 billion (US$1.03 billion) to set up a solar-grade poly-Si factory in central Taiwan, according to a Chinese-language...
Taiwan-based makers of amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules have suffered operating losses because product prices have dropped to below US$2/watt, according...
Germany-based polysilicon maker Wacker Chemie plans to introduce a new strategy to streamline its operations and business structure, with the new measures including consolidation of...
AU Optronics (AUO) has announced a plan to take majority control of Japan-based silicon wafer supplier M.Setek in order to secure key materials in the solar industry and strengthen...
Motech Industries, a Taiwan-based solar cell maker, has announced an additional investment of US$25 million in AE Polysilicon Corporation to raise its stake in the US-based solar-grade...
Tynsolar, a Taiwan-based maker of crystalline silicon photovoltaic (PV) modules, on May 21 announced an investment of US$2 million in Si-Brilliant Technology, a maker of solar-grade...
LDK Solar, the largest China-based producer of solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafers, maintains a quarterly shipment level of at least 200MWp in equivalent, for all of its supply...
International spot market prices quoted by China- and Taiwan-based makers for polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) solar cells have dropped from US$1.7-2.0/watt in early April 2009 to...
Top Green Energy Technologies (TGE), a Taiwan-based maker of crystalline silicon solar cells, on May 8 held a ground-breaking ceremony for its solar-grade polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si)...
In the international spot market of solar-grade polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si), prices have dropped from US$90-100/kg in the first quarter of 2009 to US$80-90/kg currently, according...
Gintech Energy, in response to a report going around the bourse that the company will terminate existing solar-grade polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) supply contracts with US-based...
The international price level of solar-grade polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) will continue to decline in the long term although prices may fall more slowly in the first half of 2009...
