Taiwan-based solar cell makers have been adjusting business focus since 2018, mainly phasing out production for the poly-Si segment and devoting more to making mono-Si PERC models...

Solar cell and PV module maker United Renewable Energy (URE) will reportedly extend R&D of next-generation N-type solar cell technology from HIT (hetero-junction with intrinsic...

China- and Taiwan-based solar cell makers are concerned that the continued increase in coronavirus infection cases in Japan and South Korea is likely to affect supply of key materials...

Government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and Formosa Plastics have jointly developed dye-sensitized solar cells for 10 years and they are setting up a...

Taiwan startup Zhi He Technology has developed AI-based AOI (automated optical inspection) equipment that detects defects at diamond grinding wheels aiming to help boost wafer thinning...

Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS), a solar-grade crystalline silicon wafer and solar cell maker, has disclosed a plan to invest NT$300-400 million (US$9.6-12.8 million) to set...

Second- and third-tier China-based PERC solar cell makers have cut prices to levels significantly lower than those quoted by first-tier ones, according to industry sources.

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...