Featured in Burning ambition – 09-2012

An island of activity

Taiwanese polysilicon: With some Chinese PV players facing tough opposition on a political level in markets like the U.S. and a PV trade complaint also being filed in the EU, some may see it as Taiwan’s time to shine. Optimism is certainly evident as pv magazine speaks to some of the industry’s major upstream players, but also discovers that some industry-wide problems have not passed the island economy by.
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When people talk about the solar industry in Taiwan, they are generally referring to cell manufacturing. Taiwan’s half a dozen major cell producers, including the global leaders Gintech, Motech and Neo Solar Power (NSP) have more than 8 GW of installed manufacturing capacity – much of it in costly but cutting edge manufacturing equipment customized …

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