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Thursday 15 December 2011
Electricity subsidies for polysilicon firms cause concerns, says report
The aim for expanding the solar market is to replace unclean energy sources. However, the production of polysilicon requires a large amount of electricity that is currently generated...
Wednesday 14 December 2011
Government policies to spur growth of LED lighting in 2012
Governments in Asia such as South Korea, China and Taiwan all plan to promote and increase the development of LED lighting in 2012 through various policies. South Korea plans to replace...
Monday 28 November 2011
China LED lighting subsidy may be limited
Players in the LED industry may be disappointed as the China government's subsidy for their lighting products may be much smaller than anticipated.
Monday 28 November 2011
China-US solar trade war looming
Responding to the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations taken by the US government on China-based solar firms, the Ministry of Commerce in China has announced to initiate similar...
Thursday 17 November 2011
LED industry anticipates product subsidies from China government to be announced at 2011 year-end
Recently announced plans by the China government to abolish the importation and sale of incandescent light bulbs has been boosting confidence in the LED industry.
Wednesday 28 September 2011
Monetary policies may affect 2012 solar incentives
The solar industry has been plagued by low demand and the debt crises in Europe and the US, the two largest solar markets. Industry sources indicated that incentive cuts are possible...
Tuesday 27 September 2011
China market: End of rural subsidy programs expected to impact notebook ODMs, says paper
The rural subsidy programs implemented in China's, Shandong, Henan, Sichuan and Qingdao provinces, to help civilians purchase electronics products, will end in November, and Taiwan...
Tuesday 20 September 2011
Intel downstream partners request CPU price drop
Executives from Intel's PC partners - Acer Taiwan president Scott Lin and Compal Electronics president Ray Chen both have invoked Intel to help drop the Ultrabook price to below US$1,000...
Monday 19 September 2011
China market: Local TV brands to lose advantage from subsidy program
Local TV vendors in China is bracing for stronger competition from foreign brands as the country is set to end a home appliances subsidy program for rural areas, according to industry...
Thursday 15 September 2011
PC players optimistic about re-rise of Wintel
PC players are starting to turn optimistic about a return of Wintel as Intel and Microsoft have each hosted global developer conferences to promote the upcoming Ivy Bridge processors...
Tuesday 16 August 2011
Intel rejects 50% Ultrabook CPU price cut demand from notebook players
Intel, facing notebook players' demand of supplying Ultrabook CPUs at a price 50% lower than original to help increase their profitability, rejected the proposal and is only willing...
Tuesday 24 May 2011
Acer to start selling Intel/Android tablet PC in July
Taiwan-based notebook brand vendor Acer is set to launch a tablet PC featuring the Intel Oak Trail platform and Google Android 3.0 operating system with the device already going under...
Friday 6 May 2011
Italy PV subsidies undecided, but capped outline is clear, say Taiwan makers
While the Italian government has not yet finalized new PV feed-in tariffs, the following principles are almost solid: tariffs will be cut each month to reach a cumulative reduction...
Monday 2 May 2011
Italy extends current solar incentives to end of August
The April 28 scheduled announcement of Italy's incentive program was postponed and the current program will remain till the end of August. This was the result of irreconcilable differences...
Thursday 14 April 2011
Intel pushes Android plans
Intel, in the third quarter of 2011, is set to announce a new plan for tablet PCs – PRC Plus, pushing an Intel/Android 3.0 platform, after nearly half of year of negotiations...