PERC solar cell international prices have been dropping 3-4% weekly with no signs of stopping amid weak demand, according to industry sources.

Solar cell and PV module maker United Renewable Energy (URE) is moving equipment from a solar cell factory in northern Taiwan, ready to end production there, according to company...

Crystalline silicon solar cell maker E-Ton Solar Tech on April 22 announced that it will end its solar cell production business due to continued operating loss.

The US Department of Commerce (DoC) has made initial decision at the third review of anti-dumping and anti-subsidization tariffs imposed on Taiwan-based solar cell makers, lowering...

As some China-based PERC solar cell makers have ramped up prodction at new assembly lines, price competition for orders among them is intensifying, according to industry sources.

China-based Tongwei Solar will expand its PERC solar cell production capacity by constructing a factory in Sichuan, western China, while state-run Shaanxi Coal and Chemical Industry...

India's solar cell makers are interested in acquiring second-hand equipment from China- and Taiwan-based fellow makers, according to industry sources.

Solar cell maker Tainergy Tech will end production in China and Taiwan, and move it to Vietnam, with the relocation to be completed by the end of June 2019, according to company president...

China-based vertically integrated PV makers upgrading to PERC have come to bottlenecks in hiking solar cell energy conversion rates, according to industry sources.

China-based makers are keen on trialing new technologies, mainly PERC (passivated emitter and rear cell) TOPcon (tunnel oxide pasivated contact), N-type TOPcon and HIT (herterojunction...

While United Renewable Energy (URE) will be fromally founded on October 1 by merging solar cell makers Neo Solar Power (NSP), Gintech Energy and Solartech Energy, more Taiwan-based...

Neo Solar Power (NSP) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.107 billion (US$35.93 million) for August , up 82.33% sequentially and 47.84% on year due mainly to increased PV module...

China-based Tongwei Solar is expanding annual production capacity for PERC solar cells to 9.0GWp by year-end 2018, including 6.0GWp for mono-SI ones, while Guangdong Aiko Solar Energy...

The European Union (EU) is expected to end imposition of minimum import price (MIP) restriction on China-produced solar cells and PV modules on September 3, 2018, which will facilitate...

China-based polysilicon maker Tongwei will construct two high-purity polysilicon plants each with annual production capacity of 25,000 tons, while Guangdong Aiko Solar Energy Technology...

China-based solar wafer maker LONGi Green Energy Technology has disclosed it will cooperate with China-based solar cell maker Guangdong Aiko Solar Energy Technology seeking to commercialize...

Directorate General of Trade Remedies under India's Ministry of Commerce and Industry on July 16 announced the final determination based on results of safeguards investigation into...

China's latest move to impose stricter control on PV installations has sent a chilling wave across the domestic market, and in turn created pressure on Taiwan-based solar power supply...

United Renewable Energy (URE), a new entity to be formed in October 2018 by merging Neo Solar Power (NSP), Gintech Energy and Solartech Energy, will stop producing solar cells for...

China-based mono-Si solar cell makers are expanding production capacities for PERC cells that offer higher conversion rates, sending fellow poly-Si cell makers have following suit,...

Tongwei (TW) Solar, a member of China-based Tongwei Group, has signed with Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (under Chinese Academy of Sciences) and Three...

Taiwan-based poly-Si solar cell makers have generally seen decreases in outsourcing orders from China-based PV module makers, which has plunged utilization rates to about 50% at many...

Taiwan-based solar cell makers have reduced the proportions of contract manufacturing orders from China-based PV module firms to 30-50% from about 70% previously, according to industry...

Global capacity for making PERC solar cells stood at 35GWp annually at year-end 2017, and will increase 50% in 2018, according to industry sources.

Taiwan-based solar cell makers Motech Industries, Neo Solar Power (NSP), Gintech Energy, TSEC and Tainergy Tech all consolidated revenues for January decreased sequentially mainly...