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Indian solar PV manufacturer Agastya Energy has started construction of its integrated ingot and wafer manufacturing facility in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.

China’s polysilicon market saw no new transactions last week, with quoted prices remaining at the previous week’s baseline.

Comstock has advanced its industry-scale PV recycling line, while Florida-based OnePlanet has launched its 'PRISM' system to recover valuable materials from end-of-life solar modules.

Researchers in Australia have heralded a potential breakthrough in recovering valuable silver from decommissioned PV modules.

Eight leading Chinese polysilicon producers have signed a joint initiative pledging unified action on standardised pricing, energy conservation, carbon reduction and outdated capacity phase-out.

India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) plans to announce a scheme covering more than 10GW of polysilicon production capacity.

The US introduced a 15% tariff on imports of products using polysilicon and set minimum prices for polysilicon and its derivatives.

German chemical producer Wacker Chemie has recorded a significant decline in its earnings from polysilicon, due to the adverse market conditions in the solar sector.

PV Tech Premium spoke with Jesse Simons, co-founder of Solarcycle, about recycling being regional and reducing the price of a new solar panel

OCI Holdings has announced plans to double its annual solar-grade polysilicon production to 70,000MT by 2029.