Solar business from Korea

Although not releasing full financial results until April 23, MEMC has reported that its first-quarter revenues will be approximately US$214 million, a 50% decline from the previous quarter. The company had guided a 50% fall during last quarter’s conference call. However, gross margins are expected to be approximately 9% of sales, compared to the company's previous outlook of declining to the 20% range. In the last quarterly conference call with financial analysts, MEMC executives noted that sales from the higher priced semiconductor market were the primary cause of the hit on margins. Semiconductor fab utilisation rates and fab capacity have fallen in the first quarter, according to a report from Future Horizons. The fall in gross margins could also be attributed to revised contract prices both in the semiconductor and photovoltaics markets as well as lower utilisation of polysilicon and wafer production at MEMC, pushing operating costs higher. MEMC had claimed that it was retrea...

Price Summary It is now four months in a row that the number of retail price decreases have outpaced increases in this survey. The price reductions evident in the index over the last few months all contribute to making solar generated electricity more competitive to end consumers. Consumers can be individual homeowners, corporations, government, off-grid communities and also utilities. The rate of price declines, has reduced from that in March. There were three price decreases for every price increase in April. The April survey outcome was very similar to that of February this year. It is worth noting that out of 1,335 prices captured, 1,232 were unchanged. The drivers of price levels are: Firstly, price levels are set by the local market conditions of the online retailer, after taking account of supply availability for each solar module model. Albeit, "local" is a broad concept when considering the reach of the web. Secondly, retail price levels are impacted by the prices th...

It's IC grade 11N whole bare polish wafer all P type high res. (all over 0.5Ohm) 2,200Kg stock, 2,000Kg is 12 inch, 200Kg is 6&8 inch

It's 11N P type high res. (over 0.5Ohm) top & tail and ingot body normally recycling for solar grade 6N ingot and wafer by relemt 4.5MT stock who is interets fell free contact me

B grade is mean a little trouble for quality not big quality trouble, can be use original application like as lower price module or panel It's new one from cell factory not used one whole sahpe but a little quality troubel two kind 1) LS(low shunt) cell by a little miss printing on surface 2.3watt/cell 44,300cell, it's weight is 8.8g/cellx44,300=389.84Kg 2) Spec. out cell because lower than limit minimum eff. of factory's internal standard, 1.9watt/cell x 40,000cell, 12.2g/cell x 40,000cell= total 488Kg Total = 877,84Kg all 125x125mm mono solar cell price is basically USD 1.0/watt but if who want to buy weight over 200Kg will be consider selling by weight base

According to Reuters, subsidiaries in Japan for home solar panels are having a difficult time luring applicants. This may imply that the government could soon step in to promote the solar power industry. A new stimulus plan is expected to spend more money on solar projects. This is the fourth such package in the last year and is predicted to include fiscal spending of up to US$150 billion. Last January, the Japanese Government introduced a ¥70,000 subsidy per kW of solar panel equipment, hoping 35,000 users would apply from January-March. So far, there have been just 21,653 applications, according to the Japan Photovoltaic Energy Association. Reuters says this subsidy would come out to close to ¥245,000 for 3.5kW of equipment per household, nearly a tenth of the cost. Analysts believe the credit crisis may lead to customers feeling uneasy about big investments, especially since solar energy will become cheaper in the future. Etsuko Akiba, head of media relations at the Nippon Asso...

Q-Cells and LDK Solar form joint venture for large-scale solar energy plants Recent rumours of a business tie-up between Q-Cells and LDK Solar have come to fruition with the official formation of a Joint Venture (JV) to promote and supply PV systems for large-scale solar power plants in both Europe and China. The new business partners said that a 40MW project located in Europe had already been secured, which will see the use of solar wafers from LDK Solar and solar cells from Q-Cells, though no details were given in respect to modules. The JV is intended to reduce system costs through the supply chain and leverage market presence in the two regions, according to the companies. "This joint venture will strengthen our position in the crucial business area of large-scale PV power plants," noted Anton Milner, CEO of Q-Cells SE. "We look forward to the many new opportunities that will emerge as a result of our partnership with Q-Cells," commented Xiaofeng Peng, Chairman ...

Following our report(PV-Tech) two weeks ago revealing the first inklings of a takeover bid by First Solar, Inc. of OptiSolar’s photovoltaic project pipeline, the news that the $400 million all-stock deal has been finalised has been revealed. First Solar will complete construction of the plants developed under the pipeline over the next few years, with plans to sell those plants to various regulated utilities, diversified energy companies and other independent power producers. First Solar has confirmed that it will keep on the OptiSolar core development team that designed and executed the PV project pipeline. The ailing thin-film module company had shed more than 600 jobs in the past few months from the McClellan Park facility in Sacramento and from the company's Hayward HQ/panel plant. As a result of recent appreciation in the price of the company’s common stock shares, First Solar is planning to issue approximately 3 million shares of common stock at a 3.5% dilution instead of th...

Great strides in solar cell efficiency are the name of the game as Suntech has teamed up with an Australian university to focus on the development of solar cells that boast twice the efficiency but half the cost of conventional cells. Joining research forces with Swinburne University of Technology of Melbourne, Suntech’s CEO Dr. Zhengrong Shi will lead the collaborative effort with the University’s Centre for Micro-Photonics Director, Professor Min Gu (below right). "The project will be based around the development of nanoplasmonic solar cells," said Professor Gu. This new technology allows for the efficient collection of solar energy in a wider colour range than those currently being developed in other laboratories. "These will be twice as efficient as the current generation of cells, and will also cost significantly less to run."The collaborative research group will be based in Swinburne's new Advanced Technology Centre, a nearly-completed $130 million dollar...

Product Briefing Outline: Reis Robotics has now implemented a newly developed laser soldering procedure for practical use with several customers. Photovoltaics manufacturers are increasingly anxious to fully exploit the automation potential of their production capacity in order to deal with the increasing demands for lower prices. Reis Robotics as system supplier with its subsidiary Reis Lasertec as laser welding specialist have combined skill sets to deliver a laser soldering method for higher quality, shortened cycle times and reductions in manual rework. Problem: Increasing the efficiency of solar cells and solar modules, while increasing production throughput and yield, while reducing costs is requiring greater dependence on fully automated and integrated solar cell soldering techniques. The use of laser-beam soldering and selected solders, the joining temperature can be reduced to a minimum, the solar cells are not subjected to mechanical strain, compared with conventionally use...

No. 1 World Champion, Spain, Olmedilla (Castila La Mancha) 60MW September 2008 No2. Spain, Puertollano (Castila La Mancha) 50MW 2008 No. 3 Portugal, Moura(Alentejo) 46MW December 2008 No. 4 Germany, Brandis 40MW 2007-2008 No. 5 Spain, Arnedo (La Rioja), 34MW October 2008 No. 6 Spain, Osa de la Vega (Cuenca) 30MW 2008 No. 6 Spain, Trujillo (Cáceres) 30MW 2008 No.6 Spain, Merida (Extremadura) , 30MW September 2008 No. 9 Spain, Casas de Los Pinos (Castila La Mancha) 28MW 2008 No .10 Spain, Fuente Álamo (Murcia), 26MW August 2008 No .11 Korea, SinAn, 24MW, 130,000 modules Conergy tracki...

Normally PV solar cell can be classify two kind according to substrate of PV solar cell first is silicon crystalline base PV cell second is non silicon crystalline PV cell silicon crystalline base PV cell cell one more classify two kind mono crystalline or multi crystalline mono crystalline wafer is make from mono crystalline ingot by slice multi crystalline wafer is make from multi crystalline ingot by slice you can see what is difference on surface between mono & multi this mono or multi crystalline silicon wafer is use for substrate for PV solar cell by screen printing and other extra process this mono or multi PV solar cell use for mono or poly(multi) PV panel (module) normally 156x156mm, 6x9= 54 solar cell using for 200watt panel