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Friday 22 July 2011
NexPower posts 1H11 shipments of 43.16MWp of a-Si thin-film PV modules
A-Si thin-film PV module maker NexPower Technology shipped 43.16MWp of modules in the first half of 2011, growing 24.2% on year, according to the company. NexPower landed a large...
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).
Thursday 30 June 2011
NexPower turns out microcrystalline tandem-junction thin-film PV modules at conversion rate of 10.4%
NexPower Technology has successfully produced microcrystalline tandem-junction thin-film PV modules with an energy conversion rate of 10.4% and a power-generating capacity of 160W...
Tuesday 28 June 2011
White-box players supply close to 20% of global tablet PC shipments in 1Q11
White-box tablet PC players are rising quickly in the tablet PC industry with related shipments already accounting for close to 20% of global tablet PC shipments in the first quarter...
Monday 27 June 2011
Consumer products to adopt solar panels
Following Apple's footsteps in installing solar panels in consumer products, Samsung has introduced the first solar panel netbook, NC215S.
Thursday 2 June 2011
Intersolar Europe: Companies to show new innovations in solar products
Taiwan-based solar firm DelSolar plans to exhibit copper-zinc-tin-sulfide (CZTS) thin-film solar cells and frameless modules at Intersolar Europe in Germany. Taiwan-based module firm...
Tuesday 17 May 2011
Taiwan to cooperate with China to secure steady supply of rare earth materials
Due to restrictions on the production and export of rare earth materials, the price of the elements has been reaching new levels. The price of praseodymium oxide grew from CNY80,000...
Thursday 5 May 2011
Growing demand for a-Si thin-film PV modules in Southeast Asia, but the pressure to cut quotes is high
Demand for a-Si thin-film PV modules is growing significantly in the Southeast Asia region including the Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand, but potential clients are asking for low...
Tuesday 26 April 2011
TSMC confident of making CIGS PV modules comparable with solar cells, says chairman
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is technologically capable of producing CIGS (copper-indium-gallium-selenide) thin-film PV (photovoltaic) modules with energy conversion...
Monday 21 March 2011
NexPower receives 30MWp thin-film module orders from India
Thin-film solar company NexPower, a subsidiary of United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), announced that it has received 30MWp in module orders from an India client for applications...
Thursday 17 March 2011
Viking Tech shares up 34% on first-day OTC trading
Taiwan-based Viking Tech, which specializes in the design and manufacture of chip resistors, saw its share price soar 33.75% on its first day of trading on Taiwan's over-the-counter...
Friday 11 March 2011
Tong Hsing, Viking Tech to expand LED heat sink substrate capacities
Taiwan-based LED heat sink substrate makers Tong Hsing Electronic Industries and Viking Tech both plan to ramp up their capacities to accommodate rising demand coming from the LED...
Friday 11 March 2011
Viking projects over 40% growth in 2011 revenues
Taiwan-based Viking Tech, which specializes in the design and manufacture of chip resistors, has forecast that its revenues for 2011 will climb 40-50%. Automotive thin-film resistors...
Tuesday 1 March 2011
Viking Tech to expand thin-film resistor capacity 20-30% in 2011
Taiwan-based Viking Tech, which specializes in the design and manufacture of chip resistors, plans to expand capacity for thin-film resistors by 20-30% in 2011 to meet demand from...
Tuesday 1 March 2011
ITO replacement market booming, says Information Network
While indium tin oxide (ITO) is widely used as the material for transparent electrodes in an assorted range of electronic devices including thin film photovoltaics, touch-screen displays,...