The global PV market has encountered a freeze in demand as it enters the third quarter, and declining orders led to rising inventories for wafers, cells and modules. “Prices in different sectors of the supply chain have kep...  more
Price Trend
PV Cells’ Spot Price Reaches the Lowest Level in History, Wafer Price to Decline As Well: Price Trend |
published: 2016-07-08 22:35 |
PV demand frozen after China’s installation rush ended on June 30. In the third quarter of 2016, order visibility is expected to be very low and inventory of wafer, PV cells and modules will rise. PV module manufacturers encounter...  more
PV Cells’ Spot Price Falls as Quotes of Monocrystalline Products Go Downwards: Price Trend |
published: 2016-07-01 18:43 |
In China, installation rush of solar PV systems has been concluded by June 30 so market demand has significantly plunged. PV module manufacturers are difficult to find buyers for their modules, and the order visibility was extreme...  more
Multi-si PV Cells’ Price Starts Falling Again, While Demand to Mono-si Products Maintains: Price Trend |
published: 2016-06-23 19:03 |
Chinese markets’ strong demand to PV products has been concluded by the end of installation rush for the June 30 due date. Market demand to multicrystalline PV products significantly decreased, triggering a rapid price drop in thi...  more
Price Decline for Multi-Si Wafers to Accelerate as PV Market Will Again Experience Oversupply in Next Half of 2016, Expected EnergyTrend |
published: 2016-06-08 17:13 |
China’s PV market remains uncertain as the installation rush in the country comes to the end and the government has not released any detailed plans on domestic PV targets and related subsidies. Therefore, PV manufacturers i...  more
Price Trend: PV Demand May Cool Down after Price-decreasing June |
published: 2016-06-03 18:14 |
World leading manufacturer of multi-si wafers GCL-Poly reported lower price after SNEC 2016 tradeshow taking place in Shanghai, China in late May, driving multi-si wafers’ price to drop by US$0.02 per piece in June. Consequently, ...  more
Price Trend: Pessimistic PV Market Outlook for Q3, Price to Fall throughout the Supply Chain |
published: 2016-05-27 15:30 |
Following the conclusion of SNEC 2016, China’s largest PV industry exhibition, future industry trends have gradually become clearer. With China’s strongly domestic demand in the first half of this year, production has been full. Y...  more
PV Demand Fell Ahead of SNEC as Industry Waits for Clearer Market Outlook |
published: 2016-05-19 19:07 |
Members of the PV industry will be gathering in Shanghai next week for China’s largest solar energy trade show, SNEC 2016. The tradeshow will provide a venue for manufacturers across the PV supply chain to negotiate their orders i...  more
Prices of Cylindrical Lithium Cells Picked Up in First Quarter Due to Rising Demand From xEV Market |
published: 2016-05-19 18:59 |
The sales of x-electric vehicles (xEV) in China reached a historic high of 300,000 units in 2015. Correspondingly, the market for xEV lithium batteries witnessed surging growth in the same period. In the fourth quarter, for instan...  more
Weaker PV Demand in China Leads to Price Fluctuation: Price Trend |
published: 2016-05-13 15:58 |
Ever since the Lunar New Year, polysilicon prices have increased rapidly to RMB 145-150/kg recently. As market uncertainties have mostly been eliminated, prices have turned stable. Weaker demand from downstream sectors may lead to...  more