GCL signs MOU for 5 GW solar factory (incl. polysilicon) in Egypt
Egypt’s National Organization for Military Production and China-based GCL Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to build a 5 GW solar panel factory for $2 billion in Egypt.
Mohamed Saeed el-Assar, State Minister of Military Production, said that the facility would be divided into five stages, reaching from the extraction and purification of Egyptian quartz to the production of silicon metal and polysilicon to the final stage of manufacturing solar cells and panels.
Apart from the fact that the announcement is not more than an MOU without concrete factory location and construction timeframe, the aim of full integration from quartz to solar panels remains doubtful. Similar projects were announced by the Indian groups of Lanco and Adani in the past, but backward integration through to polysilicon production has actually not been implemented.
Get more information ...
- on the background and ranking of the world’s top ten producers: polysilicon manufacturers
- on the Siemens process, FBR technology and UMG silicon: polysilicon production processes
- on the application of polysilicon in semiconductors and solar cells: polysilicon uses
- on the size, shares and trends of the market and China’s role: polysilicon market analysis
- on the current polysilicon spot price, charts, price forecast and history: polysilicon price trend
Gain in-depth insight – with the Polysilicon Market Outlook 2024
- Benefit from 76 pages full of rich data, in-depth analyses and detailed forecasts on the polysilicon, solar and semiconductor industries
- Learn all about the latest developments of polysilicon manufacturing technologies (Siemens process, fluidized bed reactor, upgraded metallurgical-grade silicon)
- Obtain comprehensive data on production volumes and capacities of 42 solar-grade and electronic-grade polysilicon plants from 2016 through 2024
- Gain insight into decisive market trends, based on four sophisticated scenarios of supply and demand through 2024
- Get valuable guidance with cash cost data on 25 solar-grade polysilicon plants and spot price forecasts through 2024
Learn all about the polysilicon market
Comments
Add a comment