L R AS Published on Saturday 3 February 2024 - n° 474 - Categories:brochures
The platelet market
There has been no significant change in market fundamentals. As a result, prices for PERC M10 and G12 mono wafers have not changed, remaining at $0.246/piece and $0.357/piece.
L R AS Published on Saturday 14 October 2023 - n° 461 - Categories:the prices, brochures
New all-time low for wafer prices
The price of solar wafers returned to an all-time low following the end of the bank holidays festivities.
The price of M10 mono wafers fell by 10.3% to $0.34/piece, and the price of G12 mono wafers fell by 7.3% to $0.34/piece.
L R AS Published on Saturday 30 September 2023 - n° 459 - Categories:brochures
Wafer prices fall for the first time in three months
The price of M10 mono wafers fell by 7.8% to $0.379 per wafer, while the price of G12 mono wafers fell by 2.8% to $0.379 per wafer.
L R AS Published on Sunday 17 September 2023 - n° 457 - Categories:brochures, cells, panels
Production trends for the 210 mm format
Cumulative shipments of 210 mm panels reached 150 GW at the end of June. Trina Solar accounts for half of these. By the end of the year, Trina Solar's production capacity of 210 mm
AS Published on Sunday 9 July 2023 - n° 453 - Categories:brochures, panels
Introduction of standard sizes for wafers and panels
Major Chinese panel manufacturers call for wafer size standards
L R AS Published on Saturday 3 June 2023 - n° 448 - Categories:the prices, brochures
LONGi lowers its prices, immediately followed by TCL Zhonghuan
In its updated price list, LONGi has reduced the price of its inserts by 30%. The 150 µm M10 format has been reduced by
L R AS Published on Monday 1 May 2023 - n° 443 - Categories:brochures
Opis analysis of the wafer sector
Prices for M10 wafers have held steady for two months, but fell by 0.6% over the past week for the first time in two months. Wafer production slightly outpaced demand growth, according to Opis, a Dow Jones company,
China produced around 48 GW of wafers in April, an increase of
AS Published on Sunday 12 March 2023 - n° 436 - Categories:brochures
Slight increase in the price of P-platelets
On 3 March, LONGi of China raised the price of its P-type inserts by 4%. Those in M10 format
AS Published on Monday 30 January 2023 - n° 432 - Categories:brochures, panels
The G12 format is gradually becoming the norm for booklets
The industry trend is to increasingly offer panels using the 210mm cell format (G12) which creates panels of over 600W which are growing explosively and becoming the global standard.
AS Published on Sunday 15 January 2023 - n° 430 - Categories:the prices, brochures
Falling demand for solar chips leads to further price drops
LONGi lowered the price of its M10 and M6 inserts in December. The decrease is 27% compared to the previous prices. They have returned to the level of May 2021. The M10 format
L R AS Published on Saturday 3 December 2022 - n° 427 - Categories:brochures
The price of plates
The recent drop in wafer prices is believed to be due to changes in market supply and demand, according to LONGi.
November 24,
AS Published on Saturday 12 November 2022 - n° 424 - Categories:European countries, brochures
An unused silicon production process because no wafer slicer!
SilBuCam, a Spanish consultancy specialising in metallurgical processes, is producing solar grade silicon in the SisAl pilot project in Spain. It produces silicon metal using a low-impact circular process. The new patented process does not generateCO2 and does not use coal, which introduces impurities.
The process
AS Published on Saturday 5 November 2022 - n° 423 - Categories:brochures
Finally, the beginning of a price decrease in the PV sector
On 31 October, TCL Zhonghuan reduced the price of its products from 3.1% to 3.2%.
AS Published on Sunday 30 October 2022 - n° 422 - Categories:forecasts;, brochures, cells, panels
AECEA's photovoltaic forecast
The cells
China's solar cell production capacity could reach 600 GW by the end of the year
AS Published on Sunday 30 October 2022 - n° 422 - Categories:brochures, cells, panels, forecasts;
PV InfoLink's photovoltaic forecast
Silicon
Silicon production capacity would increase from 293 GW at the end of 2021, to 500 GW in 2022, and then to 975 GW at the end of 2023, driving down the price of silicon. PV InfoLink expects