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The Polysilicon Market Outlook 2020 includes polysilicon production volume and capacity data for each individual manufacturer going back through 2013, the 2014 Who's Who of Solar Silicon Production data back through 2011, and the Basic Edition of the Who's Who of Solar Silicon Production (released in 2010) data back through 2006.

Unfortunately, we do not have the resources to provide customized studies, nor do we conduct primary market research on the complete PV value chain. For the middle part of the value chain (wafer, cell and module), we rely on secondary data from other sources.

Bernreuter Research is focused on market research. We have neither the capacity nor the expertise to perform commercial or technical due diligence. However, we can recommend companies active in this field.

As a by-product in polysilicon production, silicon tetrachloride (SiCl₄) is mostly recycled back into the process loop. Few manufacturers – one of them being Wacker – process a part of it into fumed silica (also known as pyrogenic silica). Therefore, we do not focus on SiCl₄ as a primary product in our market research.

(Mono)Silane only plays a role as an alternative feedstock to trichlorosilane in our market research; we do not collect any data on the silane gas market. So we are unfortunately not able to provide a respective report.