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

REC Silicon’s fluidized bed reactor plant for granular polysilicon in Moses Lake, Washington (USA) at night

Has REC Silicon been taken hostage by its shareholder Hanwha?

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After a massive investment, the U.S.-based manufacturer will shut down the production of granular polysilicon at its plant in Moses Lake, Washington. The decision raises some questions.

Wafer production capacities in and outside China 2023/2024

Why wafers are the Achilles’ heel of a non-Chinese supply chain

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No other link of the solar supply chain is more dominated by China than the production of silicon ingots and wafers. There are reasons why non-Chinese wafer plants will hardly flourish anytime soon.

Factory building of Norwegian Crystals ASA in Glomfjord, Norway

Insolvency of Norwegian Crystals is a blow to PV supply in EU

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The bankruptcy of monocrystalline silicon ingot manufacturer Norwegian Crystals is bad news for rebuilding the supply chain of the PV industry in Europe.

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.

Monocrystalline solar wafers from Zhonghuan Semiconductor

GCL-Poly and Zhonghuan Semiconductor intensify collaboration

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GCL-Poly Energy Holdings, China’s largest polysilicon producer, has closed a framework agreement with Tianjin Zhonghuan Semiconductor, a manufacturer of monocrystalline wafers, for collaboration in several areas.

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