Price Trend

Wafer Manufacturers Plan to Raise Prices in Face of Growing Polysilicon Costs

published: 2013-09-02 11:20

As prices of China’s polysilicon spot market continue its upward ascend, it triggered price hikes in Asia’s polysilicon market that in turn caused cost increases for wafer manufacturers. Continual raw material price up... more

Unsolved Financial Pressure and Over-Investment Doubt Lead to PV Subsidy Cut in Europe

published: 2013-08-26 11:07

The Czech government may revise PV subsidy plans by cancelling most of the solar subsidies starting from 2014 and mapping out the ceiling power price to solve the issues regarding increasing power price. Currently, the draft legis... more

The market share of diversified residential market may exceed 50% in 2015, high-efficiency products are becoming the trend in PV industry

published: 2013-08-19 10:49

TetraSun, a high-efficiency silicon PV cell manufacturer, was merged by First Solar recently. By officially entering the silicon PV cell territory, First Solar is planning to pilot-run 100MW high-efficiency mono-si cells in 2014 a... more

Launch of EU-China new agreement leads to unpredictable PV price in the third quarter

published: 2013-08-12 10:45

The new agreement between China and Europe on EU imports of Chinese solar panels has officially been launched. The result of the minimum price and volume limit, which the industry is most concerned about, has also been released. T... more

Dawning of low profit era for lithium batteries as Chinese manufacturers scramble for market share

published: 2013-08-04 10:40

China’s battery cell manufacturers including Amperex Technology Limited (ATL), Coslight Group and others are gradually gaining ground, and more active than Japanese and Korean manufacturers in production capacity, according to res... more

China Polysilicon Price Raise Causes Minor Fluctuations in Solar Energy Market

published: 2013-08-04 10:21

China polysilicon manufacturers have started to raise prices, according to research by EnergyTrend, a research subsidiary of TrendForce. Some downstream manufacturers have agreed to adjust prices, but the price change has been inc... more

China’s solar anti-dumping actions have been activated; this week’s polysilicon price remains stable

published: 2013-07-25 10:56

Ministry of Commerce of People’s Republic of China (MOFCOM) announced a few days ago that they will start to impose anti-dumping tariffs on the polysilicon products made in USA and Korea since July 24th. China’s spot m... more

The shipment for Chinese PV products account for 60% in the 1H13, future of European module manufacturing industry becomes unpredictable

published: 2013-07-20 15:46

Several PV manufacturers in Europe have either declared bankruptcy or are seeking to reorganize. For example, Solarezo, Conergy, and Gehrlicher all filed for insolvency and some manufacturers have started business restructuring. W... more

Hoku announces bankruptcy; the future for small polysilicon factories seems gloomy

published: 2013-07-15 10:17

The US PV raw material supplier, Hoku, announced its bankruptcy on July 4th. The bankruptcy also affected its subsidiary company, Hoku Materials, which produced polysilicon. According to the most recent global PV industry database... more

The market is yet to be observed with limited rise for spot price

published: 2013-07-08 10:51

The grace period for the anti-dumping and countervailing policy is almost coming to an end. Although it’s not certain whether the compromise can be reached between China and Europe, the recent spot market momentum is yet to ... more

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