Tag Archives: Arthur Hsu

China issues new policy to boost distributed PV market

published 2014 年 09 月 12 日 10:47 | editor christinechen | category Price Trend

The China National Energy Administration announced a new policy on September 4 aimed at bolstering the distributed solar photovoltaic (PV) market. “This new policy will loosen current regulations, which will give... more

Photovoltaic Industry Sees Conflicting Market Trends

published 2014 年 09 月 05 日 10:48 | editor christinechen | category Price Trend

Taiwan photovoltaic (PV) manufacturers have received rush orders since the end of August, leading to higher utilization rates and boosting optimism among Taiwan PV producers about demand in September. Yet Chinese demand r... more

DuPont Ups Ante in Struggle with Samsung SDI, Pursues Litigation Against Main Competitor’s Customers

published 2014 年 08 月 29 日 9:39 | editor rheatsao | category Price Trend

DuPont is stepping up its attacks on the customers of its competitor Samsung SDI, alleging that by using Samsung SDI’s front-side metallization paste, they are infringing on DuPont’s own patented tellurium ... more

Price Quotes to Drop in 3Q14 due to Weak Momentum in PV Market

published 2014 年 08 月 14 日 17:38 | editor rheatsao | category Price Trend

After US announced its preliminary determination on the CVD and AD duty, the momentum in the market has turned weak rapidly. Module and cell manufacturers were the first to be challenged by the decreased capacity and i... more

PV Thin-Film Makers Seize North America Market Share Due to the US-China Trade War

published 2014 年 08 月 08 日 9:17 | editor rheatsao | category Price Trend

After the US announced its preliminary determination on the CVD and AD duty, PV makers in both China and Taiwan have been confronted by high tariff rates. Module and cell prices shipped to the US have started to increa... more

Demand for Chinese PV Makers Turns Weak as Preliminary Anti-Dumping Tax Rates Exceeded Expectation

published 2014 年 07 月 31 日 9:12 | editor rheatsao | category Price Trend

The growth potential in North America has always fascinated PV makers, and US’s affirmative preliminary determination on the anti-dumping (AD) duty of this time would be the key to Chinese and Taiwanese PV makers’ futu... more

PV Wafer and Module Price Quotes Continue to Drop due to Strong Price Competition between Maker

published 2014 年 07 月 18 日 10:51 | editor christinechen | category Price Trend

PV manufacturers are still conservative about market demand even though the result of the US-China anti-dumping preliminary verdict will be announced soon. These circumstances have led to weak demand in July and slow stock clearan... more

Demand Uncertainty in July Adds Pressure on Wafer Makers

published 2014 年 07 月 11 日 10:46 | editor rheatsao | category Price Trend

Impacted by the US-China trade war, PV cell manufacturers’ utilization rates continued to drop in June, and thus affected manufacturers’ sales performances, according to EnergyTrend, a subsidiary of Taiwan-based market... more

Japan Solar Makers to Look for Investment Partners as Japan Plans to Cancel Certain FIT Certifications for Solar Plant Facilities

published 2014 年 07 月 04 日 14:07 | editor rheatsao | category Price Trend

The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) announced on June 17th the withdrawal of FIT certifications for 144 solar plant facilities with capacities totaling 290MW. While there are 288 approved PV pr... more

SolarCity Completes Supply Chain Strategy with Silevo Acquisition

published 2014 年 06 月 26 日 20:13 | editor rheatsao | category Price Trend

SolarCity recently acquired Silevo, a maker of high-efficiency solar modules. SolarCity has also merged with Zep Solar to gain access to innovative module installment technology and will pair up with Paramount Solar and Common a... more