Featured in Not gone with the wind – 02-2010

It all comes down to cost

Industry ranking: pv magazine asks market researchers and analysts: who are the leading manufacturers, and who will be among the top ten? This time, we will focus on silicon and wafer producers.

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pv magazine

15 Sep 2010

Many silicon manufacturers are currently in over their heads. In a market already characterized by shortages just a few years ago, the current polycrystalline silicon glut has driven prices down so far that many producers are scraping the bottom. “The spot price has gone from 400 U.S. dollars in late 2008 to the current level …

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