polysilicon price

The China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association's latest round of polysilicon and wafer prices continue to fall down.

PV Tech Premium explores whether the US will be able to bring solar wafer and polysilicon supply onshore in the current market climate.

The price of polysilicon continues to decline, in some cases below production costs, prompting a wait-and-see attitude within the PV industry.

Price of polysilicon decreased this week both for p-type and n-type materials with the former dropping below the historic low of US$6.75/kg reached in June 2020.

Major Chinese polysilicon producer Daqo New Energy saw both production and sales of polysilicon increase by around 50% in 2023 compared with 2022, whilst the dramatic drop in polysilicon prices slashed revenues from US$4.6 billion to US$2.3 billion over the same period.

German chemical group Wacker Chemie has posted the financial results of 2023 with its polysilicon business falling by 61% due production-related reasons.

As 2023 comes to an end, PV Tech is looking back on the year in solar, reflecting on some of the biggest trends of the last 12 months.

The head of 3Sun USA speaks with PV Tech Premium about IRA's ongoing challenges, from disparity of module capacity to high interest rates.

According to reports from Norwegian media outlets, the price of electricity in Norway, alongside worldwide overproduction of polysilicon, made REC’s operations untenable in comparison with its Chinese competitors.

China will account for 95% of the announced global n-type cell capacity in 2026, while the solar market is switching its focus to n-type cells