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The value of Chinese solar PV exports during the first half of 2022 more than doubled year-on-year as module shipments surged, according to new government figures.

Spiralling upstream solar prices have continued this week, triggering the first PV module price rise in months.

A subsidiary of Daqo New Energy is forecasting net profit during H1 2022 to be more than four times higher than the same period last year.

Solar polysilicon prices jumped by a further 4% this week, fuelling industry assessments that prices will soon jump above the RMB300/kg (US$44.74/kg) barrier.

Tongwei has become the latest upstream solar manufacturer to increase prices as the cost of raw materials continues to spiral.

The solar industry supply chain’s jitters continued this week after polysilicon prices hit another high, driving silicon wafer prices further upward too.

The US solar industry is facing fresh module shipment delays after new import documentation was demanded by Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

The latest round of price surges in the solar value chain has caused PV module prices in China to exceed RMB2/W (US$0.30c/W).

Polysilicon prices have continued to climb in China amid limited supply as manufacturers are hit by power rationing.

Trina Solar has started construction on a vast new industrial park in the central Chinese province of Qinghai that will cover almost the entire PV manufacturing chain from polysilicon production all the way down to modules.