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Countervailing Duty Imposed on Chinese Imports of US Polysilicon May Have Limited Impact on Price

published: 2013-09-27 11:19

Ministry of Commerce of People’s Republic of China (MOFCOM) recently announced that there were subsidies to the US polysilicon under investigation which led to substantive damages toward China’s domestic industry. Thus... more

Japan’s Zero Nuclear Power Issue Triples PV Market Demand in 2013

published: 2013-09-24 12:21

Regular inspections have been conducted on the No.4 reactor at the Oi nuclear power plant. However, delay on the inspections has once again led to Japan’s “zero nuclear power” status. Since nuclear power is still the major source ... more

Recent PV Policies Intensify Industrial Concentration in PV Market

published: 2013-09-14 10:10

Many countries have successively announced PV policies recently. While some of the policies aim to increase the amount of solar system installations, others focus on substantially cutting the scope and amount of subsidies. These p... more

Return-On-Investment Rate in Taiwan’s Domestic Market Decreases Sharply Due to Intense Competition

published: 2013-09-09 12:35

Solar developers have submitted Feed-in Tariff (FiT) bids in the second half year and an open bidding process will be completed by mid-September. Since this is the first bids in 2H13 and it may be held only once in the second half... more

Wafer Manufacturers Plan to Raise Prices in Face of Growing Polysilicon Costs

published: 2013-09-02 11:20

As prices of China’s polysilicon spot market continue its upward ascend, it triggered price hikes in Asia’s polysilicon market that in turn caused cost increases for wafer manufacturers. Continual raw material price up... more

Unsolved Financial Pressure and Over-Investment Doubt Lead to PV Subsidy Cut in Europe

published: 2013-08-26 11:07

The Czech government may revise PV subsidy plans by cancelling most of the solar subsidies starting from 2014 and mapping out the ceiling power price to solve the issues regarding increasing power price. Currently, the draft legis... more

The market share of diversified residential market may exceed 50% in 2015, high-efficiency products are becoming the trend in PV industry

published: 2013-08-19 10:49

TetraSun, a high-efficiency silicon PV cell manufacturer, was merged by First Solar recently. By officially entering the silicon PV cell territory, First Solar is planning to pilot-run 100MW high-efficiency mono-si cells in 2014 a... more

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