92 news items tagged solar-grade silicon wafer
Taiwan solar wafer makers ill-equipped to cope with adverse market conditions
Monday 20 August 2018China-based solar poly-Si wafer makers, facing intensifying pressure from mono-Si wafer suppliers and sharp drops in demand from the domestic market in the wake of a China plan to...
Taiwan solar-grade poly-Si makers request government to mark up feed-in tariff rate
Friday 27 July 2018Taiwan-based solar-grade polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) wafer makers recommend that Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) mark up feed-in tariff rate by 9% as an incentive to motivate...
Taiwan makers under pressure from China restrictions on PV installation
Thursday 12 July 2018China'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...
China makers preparing for quasi-mono-Si wafer production
Wednesday 4 July 2018Main China-based solar poly-Si wafer makers are preparing for quasi-mono-Si wafer production to compete with mono-Si wafer makers, according to industry sources.
LONGi lowers solar mono-Si wafer prices
Monday 30 April 2018China-based LONGi Green Energy Technology has lowered quotes for 0.18mm solar mono-Si wafers from US$0.62 per unit to US$0.61, and fellow makers are expected to follow suit, according...
China solar mono-Si wafer makers expand production in Yunnan
Tuesday 24 April 2018Major China-based solar mono-Si wafer makers have constructed additional production capacities in the western province of Yunnan, where abundant hydraulic power enhances competitiveness...
LONGi lowers solar mono-Si wafer prices
Friday 2 March 2018The largest China-based solar mono-Si wafer maker LONGi Green Energy Technology has lowered quotes by 5-6%, with pricing per wafer for overseas markets dropping from US$0.67 to US$0.63,...
China, Taiwan PV makers see weak demand
Tuesday 16 January 2018China-based vertically integrated PV makers and Taiwan-based solar cell makers have seen weakened demand mainly because a rush to construct distributed PV systems in China to qualify...
China solar firms keen to adopt MCCE
Friday 12 January 2018China-based solar firms are keen on adopting MCCE (metal-catalyzed chemical etching) to treat the surface of diamond wire cut (DWC) poly-Si wafers, while Taiwan makers have mostly...
Solar wafer production to see over-capacity by year-end 2018
Tuesday 9 January 2018Global solar wafer production capacity is expected to increase to 165GWp by year-end 2018, exceeding that of 145GWp for solar cells, according to industry sources.
China polysilicon prices to remain stable till mid-February
Friday 5 January 2018Mainstream prices for polysilicon in the China market stand at CNY155-156 (US$23.7-23.8)/kg at present and will remain unchanged until mid-February 2018 mainly because supply is tight,...
China solar firms moving to areas offering lower power prices
Wednesday 3 January 2018Many China-based polysilicon and solar wafer makers have been keen on setting up plants in the country's northwestern and southwestern regions where lower power prices sharply reduce...
First-tier China solar mono-Si wafer makers under pricing pressure
Monday 25 December 2017First-tier China-based solar mono-Si wafer makers have been under pressure from clients seeking lower prices but they are striving to maintain their quotes, according to industry...
Consolidation seen among China solar poly-Si wafer makers
Thursday 14 December 2017China-based solar-grade poly-Si wafer makers face a wave of cnsolidation as many of them have either gone bankrupt or seen financial difficulties.
GET sets NT$15.21 per share for private placement
Wednesday 13 December 2017Solar wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET) has set a price of NT$15.21 (US$0.51) per unit for 39.447 million new shares to be issued to raise about NT$600 million through private...
Mono-Si, poly-Si solar wafer price gap narrows to US$0.10
Wednesday 6 December 2017The gap between quotes by China-based makers for solar mono-Si and poly-Si wafers shrank from over US$0.15 in October 2017 to US$0.14-0.15 in early November and further to US$0.10...
Breakthrough in MCCE process to enhance competitiveness of DW-sliced poly-Si wafers
Friday 1 December 2017A breakthrough in MCCE (metal-catalyzed chemical etching) technology used in the production of diamond wire (DW)-sliced poly-Si wafers has enhanced significantly the competitiveness...
China PV makers seek narrower price gap between mono-Si, poly-Si wafers
Monday 20 November 2017Prices for solar mono-Si wafer should be higher than poly-Si ones by CNY0.4-0.5 (US$0.06-0.08), China-based solar cell and PV module makers have said, countering remarks Xi'an LONGi...
Xi'an LONGi lowers solar mono-Si wafer price
Friday 3 November 2017Solar mono-Si wafer maker Xi'an LONGi Silicon Materials has lowered prices for its wafers by 6.7% from CNY6.00 (US$0.91) to CNY5.60 in the China market, according to media reports.
China makers to hike September contract prices for solar mono-Si wafers
Wednesday 30 August 2017China-based solar mono-Si wafer makers will raise supply contract prices in September by 2-3% from the current level, according to industry sources.
Taiwan reliance on diamond wire-sliced solar wafers to surge in 4Q17
Tuesday 22 August 2017As China-based poly-Si wafer makers are fast replacing slurry slicing with diamond wire slicing to reduce production cost, Taiwan-based solar cell makers have been compelled to adopt...
Taiwan solar cell makers lag in using diamond wire-sliced solar-grade polycrystalline wafers
Wednesday 26 July 2017While China-based solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafer makers are speeding up replacement of slurry slicing ingots with diamond wire slicing to reduce production costs, and the...
Zhonghuan Semiconductor lowers prices for mono-Si solar wafers
Thursday 20 July 2017The second largest China-based solar-grade monocrystalline silicon wafer maker Zhonghuan Semiconductor has decreased quotes for a wafer with 190-micron) thickness to CNY5.90 (US$0.87)...
First-tier China makers offer 3-year supply contracts for mono-Si solar wafers
Thursday 22 June 2017First-tier China-based makers of mono-Si solar wafers, anticipating continued strong demand and short supply, have offered 3-year supply contracts for Taiwan-based solar cell makers,...
China makers lower prices for solar-grade monocrystalline wafers
Friday 16 June 2017Leading China-based makers have lowered prices for solar-grade monocrystalline silicon wafers by US$0.026 to US$0.76 for models with thickness of 180-micron and by US$0.02 to US$0.78...