Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has partnered with Chenya Energy, Yeheng Energy and a subsidiary of crystalline silicon solar cell maker TSEC to jointly set up a PV power-generating station with installation capacity of 323MWp on a tidal area of 347.64 hectares (859.02 acres) in Changhua...

Costs for establishing facilities to store PV energy is on the decline by at least 20% a year and is expected to drop to a level matching the overall PV power generation by 2020, according to China Energy Storage Alliance (CNESA).

The China government on June 1 announced plans to control PV installation, leading to drastic reduction in PV demand in the China market and consequently bringing large negative impact on Taiwan-based solar-grade polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) wafer makers and crystalline silicon solar cell maker...

Taiwan's environmental authorities have announced that solar wafer maker Danen Technology has been prosecuted for allegedly colluding with two industrial waste disposal service providers to dump over 1,000 tons of waste slurry that had not been appropriately disposed of during 2009-2012.

PV inverters and AC PV modules are on a list of products list that will be hit with a 10% tariff by the US in its latest trade row with China, according to media reports.

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 chain.

Taiwan power discrete component supplier HY Electronic (HYE) has seen clear order visibility for the second half of 2018, as its automotive diodes have passed verifications by Germany automaker Mercedes-Benz and China electric cars charging stations, according to industry sources. This, coupled with...

Solar cell makers Motech Industries and TSEC have reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.187 billion (US$39 million) and NT$235.9 million respectively for June, the former slipping 24.44% sequentially and 41.60% on year, and the latter shrinking 41.58% sequentially and 57.76% on year.

Solar cell makers Neo Solar Power (NSP) and Gintech Energy have reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.057 billion (US$34.7 million) and NT$408.0 million respectively for June, the former increasing 9.34% sequentially and 16.69% on year and the latter decreasing 47.25% sequentikally and 64.66% on ye...

Taiflex Scientific saw a pick-up in demand for flexible copper clad laminate (FCCL) in June, with its electronic materials business unit posting revenues of NT$780 million (US$25.6 million) for the month, up 14.8% sequentially and 30.7% on year.

First-tier China-based solar poly-Si wafer makers has started producing mono-Si wafers, according to industry sources.

Solar cell maker Motech Industries has announced that its subsidary Motech Energy System (MES) will invest NT$1.1 billion (US$36.1 million) to construct a 35MWp PV power station in southern Taiwan.

Main 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.

Taiwan-based solar poly-Si wafer makers Green Energy Technology (GET), Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS), Gigastorage and Danen Technology plan to form a strategic alliance to cope with shrinking demand, GET president Swean Lin has been cited as saying in a media report.

Solar cell maker TSEC has disclosed Formosa Sun Energy, its subsidiary which undertaks PV power generation projects, has inaugurated rooftop PV systems established at buildings of 29 public elementary and high schools in Hsinchu City, northern Taiwan.

Power supply maker AcBel Polytech has diversified business into PV power generation projects, with its rooftop PV system totaling 1.6MWp in northern Taiwan having begun generating electricity for sale.

Solar poly-Si wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET) expects utilization of production capacity to rise from below 50% currently to 70% in the third quarter of 2018, according to company president Swean Lin.

Motech Industries has disclosed it will temporarily stop production of poly-Si ingots at its Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) plant and plans to shift over 160 of its employees to solar cell production lines at another STSP factory.

Solar poly-Si wafer maker Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) has seen significant decreases in demand and price drops arising from China's plans to control PV installation, but will continue monitoring the volatile market conditions and figure out ways to cope with them in 2019, according to company...

Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) has seen utilization of solar poly-Si wafer production capacity shrink below 50% mainly due to drastic decrease in demand, Central News Agency has cited company president Doris Hsu as saying.

Hotai Motor, the Taiwan sales agent for Toyota and Lexus cars and Hino trucks, has started using a rooftop PV system at its logistics center in Yangmei, northern Taiwan, according to Economic Daily News.

United Renewable Energy (URE), a new entity to be formed in October 2018 by merging Neo Solar Power (NSP), Gintech Energy and Solartech Energy, will stop producing solar cells for outside PV module makers over the next three years, with in-house production all catering to internal demand and own-brand...

AU Optronics (AUO) is exhibiting SunBravo and SunForte high-efficiency PV modules, and a smart cloud-based monitoring solution at Intersolar Europe 2018 in Munich during June 20-22.

LONGi Green Energy Technology, the largest China-based solar-grade mono-Si wafers maker, has lowered quotes for such wafers with thickness of 0.18mm by 14.12%, down from CNY4.25 (US$0.67) per wafer in May to CNY3.65 for the domestic market and by 14.66%, decreasing from US$0.58 in May to US$0.495 for...

Taiwan-based Topco, which mainly distributes silicone materials for Japan's Shin-Etsu Chemical, expects to enjoy double-digit revenue growth in 2018 thanks to robust silicone demand.