News on Zhonghuan Semiconductor

News on suppliers, market trends and technology innovations in polysilicon and wafer production is selected, assessed and written for you by Bernreuter Research.

Fluidized bed reactor (FBR) polysilicon plant of TianREC, the Chinese joint venture of REC Silicon, in Yulin, Shaanxi province, China

REC Silicon writes down China joint-venture investment to zero

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Low utilization rates and continuing losses of its granular polysilicon joint venture TianREC in Yulin in the Chinese province of Shaanxi have led REC Silicon to write down its investment to zero.

Polysilicon supply contracts of Longi Green Energy Technology and Zhonghuan Semiconductor

Longi and Zhonghuan secure granular polysilicon from GCL

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Longi Green Energy Technology and Zhonghuan Semiconductor, the world’s two largest makers of monocrystalline solar wafers, have closed major supply contracts with GCL’s polysilicon subsidiary Jiangsu Zhongneng.

Shares of top three players, Longi, Zhonghuan Semiconductor and JinkoSolar, in global mono wafer capacity in 2019; shares of monocrystalline and multicrystalline modules in JinkoSolar’s shipments in 2018, 2019 and 2020

Jinko takes the lead: nearly 100% of modules to be mono in 2020

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Marking the rapid demise of multicrystalline technology, the world’s largest module supplier, JinkoSolar, expects monocrystalline modules to make up nearly 100% of its shipments in 2020.

Monocrystalline solar wafers from Zhonghuan Semiconductor

Zhonghuan Semiconductor confirms capacity expansion to 55 GW

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China-based Zhonghuan Semiconductor, the world’s second-largest manufacturer of monocrystalline solar wafers, has confirmed earlier plans to increase its production capacity by 25 GW to 55 GW.

Longi’s capacity expansion plan 2018 - 2021

Longi accelerates expansion of mono wafer capacity to 65 GW

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China-based Longi, the world’s largest manufacturer of monocrystalline solar wafers, will more than double its capacity from 28 GW at the end of 2018 to 65 GW by the end of 2021.

Monocrystalline solar wafers from Zhonghuan Semiconductor

Zhonghuan Semiconductor to expand its wafer capacity to 50 GW

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China-based Zhonghuan Semiconductor, the world’s second-largest manufacturer of monocrystalline solar wafers, will build a new factory with a capacity of 25 GW in Inner Mongolia.

GCL-Poly’s wafer factory in Suzhou

GCL-Poly made a loss in first ten months of 2018, sells wafer unit

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Leading China-based polysilicon and wafer maker GCL-Poly Energy Holdings made a loss of approx. US$77.7 million in the first ten months of 2018; the group will dispose its subsidiary Suzhou Kezhun Photovoltaic Technologies.

Polysilicon sales contracts of Tongwei

Tongwei inks big polysilicon deal with Zhonghuan Semiconductor

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Chinese Tongwei Group will deliver 70,000 tons of polysilicon to the second-largest manufacturer of monocrystalline wafers, Zhonghuan Semiconductor, from 2018 through 2021.

Diamond wire saw with monocrystalline silicon ingot

A look inside the monocrystalline boom on the solar market

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pv magazine has published a background report on the surge of monocrystalline technology, driven by the two leading Chinese mono wafer manufacturers Longi and Zhonghuan Semiconductor.

Monthly polysilicon imports into China from February 2017 through January 2018

Growing mono wafer makers fuel polysilicon imports into China

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After the low in December, polysilicon imports into China surprisingly surged to an unusually large volume of 16,261 metric tons in January, an increase of 29.7% month over month.