polysilicon

Investment manager Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has acquired a 200-hectare site to build a polysilicon manufacturing facility in Townsville, Australia.

The average price of solar-grade polysilicon has dropped from the peak of RMB240,000-250,000/tonne (US$32,856-34,191) at the beginning of the year to RMB70,000-90,000/tonne.

The year-on-year growth of production in a number of sectors, including polysilicon, wafers and modules, all approached or exceeded 80%.

By the end of 2023, PV production capacity will exceed 450GW, putting TOPCon technology first in market share in the following years.

REC Silicon has signed a supply agreement with Hanwha Qcells Georgia to supply high-purity fluidised bed reactor granular polysilicon.

The Clean Energy Council (CEC) of Australia and the New South Wales anti-slavery commissioner James Cockayne have partnered to produce a new Code of Practise to manage the risks of modern slavery exposure in renewable energy supply chains.

The continued decrease in polysilicon prices has halved Daqo New Energy's revenues during the second quarter of 2023.

German chemical group Wacker Chemie has posted the financial results for the second quarter of 2023 with its polysilicon sales dropping by about 9.7%.

The world is increasing its installed solar PV capacity as 1TW will be added annually by 2030, while the annual polysilicon and wafer production capacity will continue to rise, according to the report Powering a Green Future: A Forecast to 2030 for Solar, Wind, and Energy Storage published by Taiwanese renewables research firm InfoLink Consulting.

Global VP of sales Ellen Wang at solar PV cell manufacturer Runergy speaks with PV Tech's David Evans at the recent SNEC 2023 trade show.