polysilicon production

GCL Technology has removed itself from the Xinjiang region and abandoned the Siemens method of polysilicon production.

In its preliminary Q4 and full-year 2024 financial results, Wacker expects its polysilicon earnings to contract by 39%.

Experts and shareholders in REC Silicon have raised questions since the company shut down its Moses Lake, WA polysilicon operation.

The US Department of Commerce (DoC) has awarded polysilicon producer Hemlock Semiconductor up to US$325 million in direct funding.

The company claimed that its US offtake customer, Hanwha Qcells, “Is not able to wait any longer for delivery of product".

Materials science firm Corning has unveiled plans to build a solar wafer manufacturing plant in the US, according to a local news outlet.

The results continue the downward trend in polysilicon manufacturers’ fortunes as the market faces oversupply, cutthroat competition and prices below the cost of production.

The company attributed this loss to the ongoing decline in the average selling prices of polysilicon and silicon wafer products.

United Solar is currently building a 100,000 ton polysilicon factory in Oman which it expects to be operational in 2025.

Adani Solar has halted its plan to build a 10GW polysilicon manufacturing plant due to the tumbling prices of polysilicon.