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Monday 24 December 2012
Polysilicon firm OCI sees net loss for first time in 3Q12
When the solar industry was experiencing a boom before 2010, many firms were attracted to enter the market and began massive investments, causing an oversupply which has seen many...
Friday 14 September 2012
Commentary: Global solar market losing energy
Since the second quarter of 2011, the global solar market has been a ship trying to sail in a hurricane. Solar markets in Europe and the US have been building up trade barriers while...
Tuesday 5 June 2012
Commentary: China firms plan to acquire Europe-based solar peers
As solar firms in Europe suffer financial losses due to lack of competitiveness against China-based solar firms, according to a June 3 article by The Financial Times, China-based...
Friday 2 December 2011
Digitimes Research: Europe, US solar firms shifting focus to PV systems
Due to changes in the incentive programs announced by various governments, the solar industry experienced a stall in shipments in the first half of 2011. The stall in the market caused...
Wednesday 30 November 2011
Q-Cells CIGS thin-film technology reaches 17.4% efficiency
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...
Wednesday 17 August 2011
Fierce competition in solar market adding financial pressure on solar firms
The rise of China-based solar firms has been depressing the price of solar products due to competitive cost-reductions. Many Europe- and US-based solar firms have been facing problems...
Wednesday 3 August 2011
Small- and medium-size solar firms face being marginalized
The solar industry has been facing restructuring and the firms with the strongest financial capital will survive while the small- and medium-size firms will face being marginalized...
Thursday 21 July 2011
BeyondPV stops trading on Taiwan stock market
Thin-film PV module maker BeyondPV has announced that its stock is now no longer traded on Taiwan's Emerging Stock Board (ESB).
Friday 15 May 2009
LDK Solar keeps rolling out 200MWp solar-grade silicon wafers a quarter, says company chairman
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...
Wednesday 4 March 2009
European investment in solar power delivers market leadership, says iSuppli
The United States invented solar technology, but it has fallen behind countries like Germany and Japan in producing it, said Barack Obama, in his address to a joint session of the...
Wednesday 21 January 2009
Air Liquide steps up supply to PV players
Air Liquide, a supplier of industrial gases and services to the photovoltaic (PV) industry, has announced that more than half of the top 10 crystalline-Si solar cell manufacturers...