Featured in 50 Shades of Future PV – 04-2015

Rapid mono wafer cost reduction

CEO interview: While the global PV market has been through dramatic pricing and demand peaks and troughs over the last five years, there are signs that the high conversion efficiency market segment is benefiting from stable demand and returning relatively steady margins. Lee Zhen Guo, CEO of the Chinese monocrystalline ingot and wafer producer Longi Silicon Materials Corp., spoke exclusively to pv magazine in Tokyo to share the company’s dramatic predictions for cost reductions in mono wafer supply.

pv magazine: Japan has often been described as a market with a demand for high efficiency PV modules. What impact does that have on your supply of mono wafers to the market? Lee Zhen Guo: The Japanese market is very important for us. The leading markets for Longi are Taiwan, South Korea, the U.S. and …

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