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China’s Ministry of Commerce is proposing to introduce export controls on key PV components, including polysilicon, wafers and cells.

Leading domestic polysilicon players in China’s PV industry held a closed‑door meeting to curb destructive price competition.

Tongwei has noted that negotiations to acquire Qinghai Liaho remain ongoing with key terms still under negotiation.

PV Tech Premium hears from the US solar industry about the new limits placed on polysilicon imports ahead of the upcoming Section 232 rules.

The US has published new limits on polysilicon imports to the US ahead of new tariffs coming into force on 4 December.

The US PV manufacturing sector is set to make huge strides by 2030, but with some upstream constraints unresolved and question marks over future demand drivers.

In the third part of this week’s series exploring the US solar supply chain, we track how quickly announced manufacturing capacity is translating into real production.

US module production is at a near saturation point, but significant capacity gaps persist further up the supply chain, writes head of PV Tech Research, Moustafa Ramadan.

Head of PV Tech Research, Moustafa Ramadan, kicks off a five-part series tracing the evolution and future of the US solar manufacturing supply chain.

Stronger downstream demand drove a surge in wafer prices last week, according to the latest figures from the Silicon Industry Branch of the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association.