Taiwan

TSMC recently announced a 1.09 m2 champion copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) module with a 15.1% total area efficiency. The module was produced using the current equipment at the company’s 100 MW capacity facility in Taiwan with its process licensed from Stion. The company claims a world record for monolithic thin-film modules, although Miasolé (purchased by Hanergy) demonstrated a 15.5% aperture area efficient 1.68 m2 discretely integrated (non-monolithic) flexible module.

Taiwanese authorities prefer an annual electricity rate adjustments instead of every three months.

Rate increases to be scheduled every year instead of every three months.

Thailand and Mozambique are expected to sign an MoU in the next couple of months on energy collaboration.

Scientech will represent all of Advanced Energy's thin film and solar energy products in Taiwan.

General Electric will service 26 GE 1.5MW wind turbines operating across Taiwan.

Taiwan has increased its solar power capacity target by 30%. Taiwan has further decreased its feed-in tariffs for 2013 by between 9.23% and 11.88%, while simultaneously

Taiwan Cogeneration Corp (???) said yesterday that the company would instruct four independent power producers

It includes smart grid solutions.

Taipower needs to show non-culpability.

Green Energy Technology Inc., Taiwan’s biggest solar wafer maker, said  that revenue sank 42 percent to NT$381 million (US$13 million) last month from NT$662 million in August.

Taiwanese solar material maker Giga Solar Materials Corp has set its sights on several new solar farm projects in Southeast Asia.

Taiwan’s solar cell maker Neo Solar Power Corp. last October 5 posted revenue at NT$764 million for last month.The said company's revenue falls as compared with August’s NT$1.07 billion, about 29 percent lower. On an annual basis, this is a 56 percent slump from NT$1.75 billion.Last month’s revenue was at its lowest level since January’s NT$663 million.In the June to September period, revenue plummeted 28 percent to NT$2.85 billion, from NT$3.96 billion in the previous quarter.

Taiwan Power Co will sue four independent power producers due to disputes in the terms of contracts for electricty sales.

The AQCS supplies are for Taiwan and Romania.

A meeting between the government and the business community to iron out energy policy instead saw the private sector complain loudly about the plan to raise energy taxes.