413 news items tagged polysilicon
Digitimes Research: Solar product prices continue falling in Greater China
Friday 11 November 2011This week, the average spot price of polysilicon in Great China has come to US$28/kg, a US$1.00 drop compared to last week, according to Chihheng Liang, an analyst of Digitimes Research...
Digitimes Research: Greater China polysilicon spot price drops below US$30/kg
Friday 4 November 2011Spot price of polysilicon in Greater China region has fallen below US$30/kg, according to Chihheng Liang, an analyst of Digitimes Research. While international polysilicon suppliers...
Solar wafer/cell makers ask for higher purity polysilicon
Friday 4 November 2011As clients require higher energy conversion rates for polysilicon solar cells and there has been an oversupply in the market, makers of solar-grade polysilicon wafers and cells have...
LDK Solar breaks ground for polysilicon plant
Wednesday 2 November 2011LDK Solar, a China-based vertically integrated manufacturer of photovoltaic (PV) products, has announced that the city government of Hohhot, the capital of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous...
Trina Solar establishes Asia Pacific regional headquarters in Singapore
Wednesday 2 November 2011Trina Solar, a China-based integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic (PV) products, has announced the establishment of its Asia Pacific operating headquarters in Singapore.
Polysilicon firms willing to lower quotes
Tuesday 1 November 2011The end market demand in the solar market has been weak, and the wave of price drops have been moving from downstream to upstream polysilicon. The price of polysilicon this quarter...
Digitimes Research: Greater China solar cell spot prices show signs of stabilization
Friday 28 October 2011The decline of solar cell spot prices has slowed down this week in the Greater China region due to increased installation demand from Germany as the new subsidy cut of 15% has been...
SAS posts profits for first three quarters
Thursday 27 October 2011Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Sino-American Silicon (SAS) has reported third-quarter revenues of NT$4.096 billion (US$136 million), a 12.82 on-quarter decrease and 34.57% on-year...
Polysilicon contract price falls to US$36-37/kg
Tuesday 25 October 2011The contract price of polysilicon has dropped from US$42-43/kg at the beginning of October to US$36-37/kg due to weak demand. According to industry sources, the price has decreased...
UK PV Crystalox Solar to decrease polysilicon and solar wafer capacity
Monday 24 October 2011UK-based solar firm PV Crystalox Solar has decided to lower solar wafer capacity in the UK and Germany for a short period of time. The firm has also decided to temporarily halt polysilicon...
Digitimes Research: Spot price declines of solar modules in Greater China slow down
Friday 21 October 2011The spot price of polysilicon in Greater China has continued to drop. However, the price drop of 125 mono solar wafers has halted, according to Chihheng Liang, analyst from Digitimes...
Solar cell makers hope mono-like wafer price may drop to poly-Si level
Thursday 20 October 2011While China-based GCL-Poly Energy Holdings, ReneSola, JA Solar Holdings and Yingli Green Energy holding have been promoting solar-grade mono-like wafers, which are claimed to be able...
New technologies for monocrystalline solar products shift into focus
Wednesday 19 October 2011The demand-dominated solar market has been shifting towards solar cells with high conversion efficiencies. Compared with mainstream polycrystalline solar products, monocrystalline...
Solar firms expected to post improved performance for 3Q11
Tuesday 18 October 2011The third-quarter financial performance of Taiwan's solar firms should be better than the in second quarter due to relatively stable control of materials, according to industry sources...
Digitimes Research: Polysilicon spot price in Greater China falls below US$40/kg
Monday 17 October 2011The spot price of polysilicon continued to demonstrate significant falls last week (October 10-14), dropping to US$36/kg. Compared to the price in September, the spot price for polysilicon...
China eyeing 10GWp in installed solar PV system capacity by 2015, says Digitimes Research
Monday 17 October 2011With China expecting slower growth in regional solar markets such as Europe over the next few years, the government has set out to increase domestic demand during its 12th Five Year...
PV market turning point is near, says SAS
Thursday 13 October 2011With suppliers digesting their inventory as well as cutting back on output, a slowdown in the growth of supply is expected to help the solar market move toward a more balanced supply...
Wacker begins production of hyperpure polysilicon at Nunchritz site in Germany
Thursday 13 October 2011Germany-based polysilicon supplier Wacker Chemie AG has announced the beginning of production of hyperpure polycrystalline silicon at its Nunchritz site in Germany. First deposition...
Power outage in REC US polysilicon plant
Friday 7 October 2011REC Silicon has experienced a power supply outage with a 100% power loss and consequently all of REC Silicon's manufacturing facilities in Moses Lake, Washington, were shut down on...
PV Taiwan 2011: An exhibition with an uplifting atmosphere
Friday 7 October 2011The annual PV Taiwan 2011 taking place in Taipei from October 5-7 features many industry leading firms such as Siemens, GCL-Poly, OCI and Roth&Rau. The exhibition is divided into...
GCL-Poly continues to lower costs for poly-Si production
Thursday 6 October 2011China-based integrated solar firm GCL-Poly Energy Holdings expects to lower its production of polycrystalline silicon to US$20/kg by the end of 2011 compared to US$21.8 in the first...
Global inventory of solar cells may rise to 12GWp in 4Q11, says Motech CEO
Thursday 6 October 2011There has been a serious global oversupply of crystalline silicon solar cells, with total inventory volumes likely to increase to as much as 12GWp in the fourth quarter of 2011, according...
Qatar Solar Technologies to build US$1 billion polysilicon plant
Wednesday 5 October 2011Qatar Solar Technologies (QSTec) announced that it will be building a polysilicon production facility worth approximately US$1 billion in Qatar.
Spot price of polysilicon reportedly drops to below US$40/kg in China
Monday 3 October 2011Lack of demand has been spreading in the solar market and across the supply chain. The spot price of polysilicon in China has reportedly hit below US$40/kg. However, actual deals...
Polysilicon contract price negotiations for 4Q11 to take place at PV Taiwan 2011
Monday 3 October 2011The three-day PV Taiwan 2011 event will begin on October 5, 2011 in Taiwan. The event has been seen as a crucial place for buyers and suppliers of polysilicon to settle on contract...
- Ramp-up delays to stablize polysilicon price
- Solar-grade polysilicon probes almost completed (May 16) - People's Daily
- MEMC announces proposed name change to SunEdison (March 13) - Company release
- Hemlock claims against Deutsche Solar for alleged breach of contract (March 8) - PV Magazine
- Hemlock Semiconductor laying off 400 US employees (January 14) - Chicago Tribune
- GCL-Poly's polysilicon and wafer shipments plummet in 3Q12 (November 20) - PV-Tech
- GT Advanced introduces high volume hydrochlorination FBR solution (October 25) - Company release
- Wacker Chemie delays US polysilicon plans (October 25) - PV Magazine
- Polysilicon giant Wacker to put 700 on short-time working (October 15) - Recharge
- Polysilicon price fall pushes GCL-Poly into first-half loss (August 23) - Recharge