Trade disputes with the Chinese are still rumbling on in the US and Europe. As Felicity Carus reports, although efforts are still ongoing to find a settlement, the only winners so far have been Taiwanese cell manufacturers.
As global PV demand gathers a new head of steam, brand-name equipment manufacturers are increasingly outsourcing production. Neo Solar Power's president Andy Shen tells Mark Osborne how his company is taking advantage of this trend.
First Solar, set to construct what will be Australia’s two largest solar farms for gas and electricity retailer AGL Energy, has handed the contract for the framing systems for the two projects to a local company, IXL Group, in New South Wales.
PV equipment supplier, BTU International, has reported third quarter net sales of US$12.0 million, down 15.7% compared to US$14.2 million in the preceding quarter as little sales activity was generated from the PV sector.
Hemlock Semiconductor continued to report positive financial results in the third quarter of 2013, despite the imposition by China of anti-dumping duties on imported polysilicon, notably from the US.
