Polysilicon prices trending downward – pv magazine International

PV InfoLink mentioned this week that polysilicon costs at the moment are in a “remarkably downward” pattern, after months of excessive costs. The consulting agency mentioned it expects costs to drop sharply from the tip of November to early December. “Dangerous stock will proceed within the polysilicon sector till the tip of the month,” it mentioned, noting that it anticipated to see the primary decline in polysilicon stock in two years. Final October, PV InfoLink predicted that costs would fall from round CNY 300/kg ($41.85), excluding VAT), then to beneath CNY 150/kg by the tip of 2023.

lengthy mentioned this week that it’s reducing wafer costs. It’s mentioned that the p-type merchandise M6 (166 mm, 223 mm) at the moment are priced at CNY 6.24 every, down 1.4%. Costs for p-type M10 (182 mm, 247 mm) wafers are at the moment at CNY 7.42 every, down 1.6%.

YES Photo voltaic revealed that it’ll make investments round CNY 7.44 billion in a brand new 10 GW photo voltaic cell manufacturing unit in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province. It mentioned its panel capability will attain 50 GW by the tip of this 12 months and 75 GW by the tip of 2023.

JG Photo voltaic mentioned this week that it’s testing n-type wafers with thicknesses of 130 micrometers and 120 micrometers for its heterojunction photo voltaic cell strains. The module maker is at the moment constructing a 4.8 GW manufacturing unit in Jiuquan, Gansu province. It’s anticipated to start out take a look at manufacturing within the first quarter of 2023.

Solarspace inaugurated the primary section of the 16 GW n-type TOPCon photo voltaic cell manufacturing unit in Chuzhou, Anhui province. It at the moment has an annual manufacturing capability of 8 GW unfold throughout 16 manufacturing strains. It would produce cells primarily based on 182 mm and 210 mm wafers from the start of 2023.