Featured in CIG-nalling change – 12-2011

More of a goal than the current state of affairs

Green Silicon 2011, Shanghai: There was a mix of frustration and optimism at the recent 4th World Polysilicon and PV Industry Summit, part of the Green Silicon 2011 conference in Shanghai from October 11 to 13.

By

Eckhart Gouras

01 Dec 2011

The frustration is based on the fact that Chinese PV production is still very dependent on foreign polysilicon suppliers and imported solutions to manufacture the core ingredient in the PV supply chain. The optimism is based on China’s recent introduction of a national PV feed-in tariff and the resulting boom in PV installations (and polysilicon …

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