SolarWorld and Hemlock are set to hold a mediation conference on 19 September following SolarWorld being ordered to pay Hemlock damages amounting US$793 million plus costs and interest in July.
Heraeus Photovoltaics has launched a new PERC (Passivated Emitter Rear Contact) metallization paste. The SOL9631 front-side paste has a new and unique glass chemistry combined with a new organic vehicle system. Due to a denser microstructure it is tailored for ultra-fine line printability for screen printing.
Electronic gases specialist, Linde has established a new R&D facility in Taiwan to better serve the growth in solar cell manufacturing capacity expansions in South East Asia.
Monocrystalline wafer producer Comtec Solar Systems Group has reported first half 2016 financial results that were impacted by a decline in average selling prices (ASP) and lower volume shipments, due to production upgrades and training at its facility in Malaysia.
Leading polysilicon and solar wafer producer GCL-Poly Energy Holding has placed a bid of US$150 million for the polysilicon assets of bankrupt renewable energy firm SunEdison via the US bankruptcy court dealing with the Chapter 11 proceedings.
Leading polysilicon and multicrystalline wafer producer GCL-Poly Energy Holdings has reported first half 2016 financial results that as expected benefited from the downstream boom in China that kept both polysilicon and wafer prices high.
Solar wafer and module manufacturer ReneSola reported second quarter 2016 results impacted by a module end market demand slowdown in China and high polysilicon prices, while wafer ASPs decline, squeezing revenue and margins.
Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation (TMEIC) has received an order for 17 units of its Solar Ware 1667 outdoor PV inverters with salt damage prevention specifications for a utility-scale PV project currently under construction on the island of Oahu in Hawaii.
Korea-based monocrystalline wafer producer SKC Solmics, a subsidiary of Korea’s third largest chaebol has exited the solar sector with the sale of its production equipment to rival Wongjin Energy.
