The rumors of last couple months about potential takeover by various entities, including SOEs, had not materialized

Traditionally Taiwanese imports come through port of Hong Kong; this is also a place where products not meeting standards and regulations would be also inspected

Two companies were asked for such investment, one of them being GCL-Poly

The insolvent solar group Q-Cells located in Bitterfeld-Wolfen, is apparently about to be sold to Asia

Cheap polysilicon  is a requirement to profitability. If poly cost would go up, majority if not all companies would be setback in their path to regain the profit.

Some of LDK's debt gets paid by the eastern Chinese city of Xinyu

The May 16 initial DOC anti-dumping ruling will be critical for Chinese solar companies.

A previous blog discussed the possible higher efficiency degradation at hot climate for CdTe thin film (TF) modules. However, it is just one side of the coin.

One of the most serious uncertainties cited by analysts after the first quarter conference call is the degradation issue of FSLR's CdTe panel in hot climate.

Today First Solar announced a major restructuring plan, closing factories and laying off 2000 employees. It is expected that FSLR will incur a charge of $245-370 million.