Apple has warned of iPhone supply constraints due to the coronavirus outbreak. And the iPhone is not the only Apple device whose production is being disrupted by the epidemic, as manufacturers are unlikely to start volume production as...

Notebook ODMs have resumed their production in China, but face the possibility of a lack of components starting in March if their suppliers continue to be prevented from going to work by the coronavirus outbreak. Quanta Computer has started...

The coronavirus outbreak is hitting hard the ICT industries and markets in China. Digitimes Research provides a preliminary estimation on the impacts on four major sectors: semiconductors, display panels, handsets and notebooks. Many...

Apple's manufacturing partners may not be able resume normal production in China anytime soon in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, but it does not seem to be derailing the vendor's plan of launching the next-generation iPhones in...

Production disruption in China is everyone's nightmare in the IT supply chain in the wake of the coronavirus. Many makers are raising their production outside of China, and Apple reportedly is shifting its oreders to assembly lines in...

The coronavirus outbreak in China is hitting hard many in the supply, but TSMC is a major exception. The world's top pure-play foundry has no plans to revise its sales guidance for the first-quarter, and reportedly none of its major clients are cutting orders despite the epidemic, with the foundry's...

Many factories in China resumed work today after an extended Lunar New Year break, but many Taiwanese IT firms expected a low return rate of workers amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, which is showing no signs of abating. Some components firms have even decided to delay further their work...

For many parts of China, work is supposed to resume starting February 10 after an extended Lunar New Year break in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, but manufacturers generally do not believe their production can return to normal levels. Materials...

The extent of the impact on the ecosystem by the coronavirus outbreak is anyone's guess at this stage, but industry and market observers generally agree that a prolonged epidemic will take a heavy toll on both the supply chain and consumer demand. The China smartphone market is very likely to see a...

The coronavirus outbreak in China has widespread impacts on the ICT supply chain. Although many makers are supposed to resume production in China next week or in mid-February if no further complications occur, they cannot tell how normal their operations will be. Notebook...

Taiwan-based solar cell and PV module makers face possible disruptions to materials supply from China due to the coronavirus outbreak, according to industry sources.

Taiwan-based Sun Rise E&T is currently the world's third largest maker of support assembly used in floating PV systems, next to France-based Ciel & Terre International and China-based Sungrow Power Supply, but it stands a chance of becoming the biggest one in 2020 due to fast growing demand...

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 trial production line with annual capacity of 120,000 solar cells in southern Taiwan, according to ITRI.

Solar cell and PV module maker United Renewable Energy (URE) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.678 billion (US$55.7 million) for December, the highest monthly level since June 2019 with growth of 38.44% sequentially and 8.03% on year.

Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has announced final feed-in tariff rates for renewable energy for 2020, with reductions from 2019 for offshore wind power generation by 7.61-7.71% and PV power generation by 1.47-4.18%.

Solar cell maker Tainergy Tech is shifting part of production capacities in China and Taiwan to Vietnam, with the shifting to be completed in March 2020, according company president Kevin Hsieh.

Taiwan recorded total renewable energy generation of 13.006GWh during January-October 2019, increasing 22.4% on year and taking up 5.6% of total electricity output, according to Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA).

Solar-grade crystalline silicon wafer and solar cell maker Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) will gradually shift its PV business focus to operation and maintenance of PV power-generating facilities on a commission basis mainly in Taiwan, according to company president Doris Hsu.

Shalun Smart Green Energy Science City jointly developed by Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) was inaugurated on December 16, becoming a smart ecosystem and hub for developing innovative green energy technologies covering PV and wind power generation, energy...

Solar-grade crystalline silicon wafer maker Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) is set to merge with Sunrise PV World, its wholly owned subsidiary PV EPC (engineering, procurement, construction) contractor, in a bid to integrate operational resources and will acquire a 7-story factor building with...

Taiwan-based IPC maker Ibase Gaming has announced it will partner with US-based Powin Energy and Japan-based Murata Manufacturing to develop energy storage solutions.

Solar cell and PV module maker United Renewable Energy (URE) has reported November consolidated revenues of NT$1.212 billion (US$39.8 million), increasing 7.08% sequentially but decreasing 9.56% on year, while fellow maker Motech Industries' NT$331.8 million slipped 17.70% sequentially and 62.81% on...

Vena Energy, a major renewable energy investor and project undertaker in Asia, has been building seven PV power stations with total installation capacity of 341MWp in Taiwan with total planned investment of NT$15 billion (US$492 million), according to company executive director Hu Ken-ti.

AU Optronics (AUO), a TFT-LCD panel maker, has disclosed it will construct three floating PV power stations in Taiwan - one with installation capacity of 4.5MWp on a flood detention pond in Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP), a 4MWp one on two flood detention ponds in Kaohsiung, and another with installation...

Gigastorage has transformed from a solar-grade poli-Si wafer producer into a company handling EPC (engineering, procurement, construction) for PV power generation projects, according to company chairman Jimmy Chen.