Posted by: Tom Telford on Sep 09 2010

Comtec Solar (0712.HK) has signed 200MW in new wafer supply agreements for 2011, bringing its expected shipments next year to 650MW, the company reported September 9. Comtec has agreed on consignments of 50MW of monocrystalline wafers to each of GinTech Energy Corporation (3514.TW), Jetion Solar Holdings (LSE:JHL), Astronergy parent company CHINT Group and Neo Solar Power (3576.TW), in addition to its contracted deliveries of 150MW to each of Suntech Power Holdings (NYSE:STP), JA Solar (Nasdaq:JASO) and China Sunergy (Nasdaq:CSUN), the report said...

Posted by: Tom Telford on Sep 03 2010

Hong Kong-based polysilicon producer and power plant operator GCL-Poly Energy Holdings (3800.HK) has secured an agreement to supply photovoltaic products provider Hareon Solar Technologies with wafers for three years in a deal worth with a total worth RMB 20.8 billion, GCL-Poly announced September 3.

At the end of August, GCL-Poly announced it had extended its wafer supply agreement with Taiwanese solar company DelSolar (3599.TW).

Posted by: Tom Telford on Sep 03 2010

Photovoltaic (PV) products manufacturer Canadian Solar (Nasdaq:CSIQ) reported net income of $3.22 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2010, compared with net income in the first quarter of $1.5 million and profits of $17.67 million in the second quarter of last year.

The company's second quarter revenues came to $328.68 million, compared with $336.93 million in the previous quarter and $114.18 million in the same period last year, according to the report...

Posted by: Ana Swanson on Sep 01 2010

LDK Solar (NYSE:LDK) has filed a lawsuit demanding compensation from Canadian Solar (Nasdaq:CSIQ) for the breach of a 10-year supply contract signed in 2008, LDK announced September 1. Under the agreement, LDK planned to supply 800MW of solar wafers to Canadian Solar through 2018, with roughly 40MW shipped in 2009 and 80MW annually from 2010 onwards, according to a Canadian Solar announcement in June 2008...

Posted by: Sijia Xie on Aug 31 2010

China's National Energy Administration has approved bids submitted for a series of 13 photovoltaic power projects in northwestern Chinese regions and will release detailed results of the bidding soon, Solarbe.com reports August 31...

Posted by: Sijia Xie on Aug 25 2010

Photovoltaic (PV) module maker Suntech Power Holdings (NYSE:STP) plans to build a 100MW solar station in South Africa in partnership with an unnamed local firm, Solarbe.com reported August 25 citing Suntech Business Development Manager Huang Xiaoxin...

Posted by: Emily Alitto on Aug 25 2010

Jiangsu-based integrated photovoltaic (PV) products manufacturer Trina Solar (NYSE:TSL) recorded a net income of $38.71 million in the second quarter of 2010, compared to a net income of $44.54 million in the first quarter of the year and $18.6 million in the second quarter of 2009, the company reported August 24...

Posted by: Sijia Xie on Aug 25 2010

Shenzhen-based thin-film maker Trony Solar plans to raise between HK$1.56 billion and HK$1.95 billion through a Hong Kong Exchange listing in September this year, Sina reported August 25.

Trony suspended plans to issue an initial public offering in New York in December 2009 due to poor market conditions, the report said...

Posted by: Emily Alitto on Aug 23 2010

Solar wafer maker and module original equipment manufacturing services provider ReneSola (NYSE:SOL, AIM:SOLA) has agreed to supply two Taiwanese solar companies with a total of 836MW of monocrystalline and multicrystalline wafers...

Posted by: Emily Alitto on Aug 20 2010

Photovoltaic (PV) products manufacturer Canadian Solar (Nasdaq:CSIQ) made a net income of $1.38 million in first quarter of 2010, or $0.04 per diluted share, compared with net losses of $15.52 million in the previous quarter and $10.76 million in the first quarter of 2009, the company announced on August 20...

Posted by: Tom Telford on Aug 19 2010

Photovoltaic (PV) products manufacturer Yingli Green Energy (NYSE:YGE) made net income of RMB 217.8 million in the second quarter of 2010, compared with net income of RMB 190.9 million in the first quarter of 2010 and a net loss of RMB 393.7 million in the second quarter of 2009, the company reported August 19...

Posted by: Sijia Xie on Aug 19 2010

Zhonghuan Solar completed the first phase of its Inner Mongolia monocrystalline silicon plant which went into production on August 18, reported solarbe.com August 19.

The project requires a total investment of RMB 2.5 billion to RMB 3.5 billion and is divided into four phases, with construction on the first phase having started May, 2009, according to the report.

Zhonghuan Solar is a joint venture of Tianjin Huanou Semiconductor Material Technology and Shanghai Aerospace Automobile Electromechanical (600151.SH)...

Posted by: Tom Telford on Aug 18 2010

Jiangsu-based integrated photovoltaic (PV) products manufacturer Trina Solar (NYSE:TSL) subsidiary, Trina Solar (U.S.) has secured an agreement to supply solar modules to MEMC Electronic Materials (NYSE:WFR) solar power plant development subsidiary SunEdison, Trina announced August 18...

Posted by: Tom Telford on Aug 18 2010

Photovoltaic (PV) module maker Suntech Power Holdings (NYSE:STP) made a net loss of $174.9 million, or $0.97 per diluted American depository share, in the second quarter of 2010, compared with net income of $20.7 million in the previous quarter, the company announced August 18...

Posted by: Emily Alitto on Aug 18 2010

Shandong-based integrated photovoltaic (PV) product maker CNPV Solar Power (EPA:ALCNP) has signed an agreement with Nepali renewable energy products supplier Tamrag Power Group to ship 30MW of PV modules by the end of 2012, CNPV announced August 17...