polysilicon prices

Polysilicon Market Bleeds Top 4 Chinese Manufacturers With Losses In H1

German polysilicon market specialist Bernreuter Research reports that the top 4 Chinese polysilicon manufacturers all slipped into losses in the first half of 2024. Consequently, at least three of the top 4 have cut down on capacity utilisation in the second half of the year, even as Tongwei continues to maintain output. In the first […]

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Polysilicon Industry Set to Push Out New Entrants In 2024, Predicts Bernreuter

Germany research firm Bernreuter Research predicts an imminent, and third shakeout in the global polysilicon industry in 2024. This would be caused by sustained, low polysilicon prices that will only go lower, before any sort of recovery post 2024. The trigger will be Chinese polysilicon market leader Tongwei that will usher in a phase of […]

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Polysilicon Prices Continue Slide, Developers Hopeful Of Lower Solar Module Prices

For all the record capacity additions and installations in solar power, polysilicon prices have continued their downward move, halfway into 2023. Rising polysilicon prices, Prices that had peaked at CNY (Chinese Yuan) 360,000/mt ($39/kg) have dropped to as low as 80,000 CNY/Mt (around $9.5 /kg), helping push down solar panel costs for manufacturers. Even as […]

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Turmoil Ahead In Solar, As Key Suppliers Continue To Raise Solar Input Prices

Consider this. The price of Polysilicon, the earliest processed input in the solar supply chain, averaged CNY (Chinese Yuan) 76/kg  in 2020. In 2021, thanks to a series of incidents at key manufacturing plants and rising demand, prices averaged CNY 117/kg. However, prices as of July 24 have climbed to well over CNY 260/kg, after […]

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Rising Polysilicon Prices cast A Shadow On PV Cost Trends For Rest Of 2022

Polysilicon prices have been steadily rising since the beginning of January 2022. Even after steady growth in the first half of 2022, prices were predicted to rise more in June, according to a report. The report by Onfolink-Group says that when looking at the statistics for the last five weeks, there is still a steady […]

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Jinko Solar Q1 Results Report 8.4 GW of Shipments, Up 56% YoY

Module major Jinko Solar has announced its Q1 results, and as expected, the results are a major jump over the corresponding period last year. Total revenues were RMB 14.76 billion ($2.24 billion), a growth of  86% year-on-year (YoY). Gross profit came in at RMB 2.23 billion ($338.6 million), a 64% YoY increase even as it […]

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Polysilicon Prices Rising Steadily in China, Will Continue in April too: Silicon China

The prices of raw silicon materials are on an unabated rise in China, signifying that the solar power projects across the world will be impacted as the solar PV manufacturing is getting dearer. Industry body Silicon China has released the latest silicon materials’ transaction prices. Silicon China is a part of China Nonferrous Metal Industry […]

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Supply Chain Issues Likely To Linger All Through 2021 And Beyond For Manufacturers

The news from inverter manufacturer SMA Solar Technology of a miss on its guidance for 2021 on the back of undersupply of electronic components has not surprised anyone. The news is especially worrying for an industry that has otherwise been remarkably resilient in the wake of disruptions ever since Covid hit in early 2020. SMA’s […]

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