Materials

September 1, 2016
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.
August 30, 2016
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.
August 29, 2016
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.
August 25, 2016
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.
August 25, 2016
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.
August 24, 2016
Industry leader DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions and Italian EPC firm Enerpoint share best practices for installing rooftop PV systems.
August 23, 2016
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.
August 23, 2016
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.
August 22, 2016
Following the completion of an intensive two-month research phase internally at PV-Tech and Solar Media, we have now identified the key topics that will form the basis of the PV CellTech 2017 event in Penang, Malaysia on 14-15 March 2017.
August 22, 2016
Leading integrated monocrystalline PV manufacturer Xi'an LONGi Silicon Materials said it at reached 900MW of monocrystalline PERC (Passivated Emitter Rear Contact) solar cell production at the end of the first half of 2016.

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