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MAD Architects Design Solar Convention Centre In Taiwan
Architectstoday are envisioning a world where skyscrapers for both commercial andresidential use will be off-grid and rely on on-site renewable energygenerating systems for power. The choice of the source of power opensup new dimensions for architects who can then design buildings for agreener tomorrow. Beijing architects MAD have designed a convention center for Taichung, Taiwan [...]
PV Group announces new SEMI Standards Committees in Japan and Taiwan
The PV Group announced an important milestone in the scope and coverageof PV global standards efforts through the formation of PhotovoltaicStandards Committees in Japan and Taiwan. The initial focus ofwork in the Japan Committee will be to standardize the dimensions ofthin-film substrates, while Taiwan recently started developingstandards for crystalline-silicon cell appearance as well as avibration [...]
Taiwan Semi: Another Semi Company Shopping for Solar
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has dominated the contract chipmaker business for years. Now it’s eyeing the solar market and wants to buy its way in. TSMC’s CEO Morris Chang, who founded the company in 1987, retook thehelm this past June as the company saw its quarterly profits drop forthe third quarter in a row. TMSC [...]
SEMI PV Group commends Taiwan government on passage of Renewable Energy Act
The Taiwan PV Advisory Committee and SEMI PV Group commend the TaiwanGovernment on its swift passage of the Renewable Energy Act to increasethe adoption of solar power in Taiwan. With the goal of makingTaiwan the world’s third-largest producer of solar cells by 2015, SEMITaiwan and its members have strongly pushed for a greater role for [...]
Taiwanese Thin-Film Makers Jump Ship
The financial market meltdown that has pummeled solar companies inSilicon Valley is also leaving its mark in the cluster of solarstartups on this island. “I don’t expect any more thin-film companies in Taiwan,” said Frank O’Young, vice chairman of Sunner Solar. “There are several companies that have decided not to invest more in PV.” O’Young [...]