Featured in Supersized Solar – 05-2015

Where’s your cell at?

Ranking cell manufacturers: While the “expansion mania” of 2010 and 2011 has not returned in earnest, cell producers are adding capacity. Trade barriers are having a major impact on the market and putting pressure on merchant cell producers, particularly from Taiwan.
Jonathan Gifford
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Jonathan Gifford

International solar trade disputes continue to impact on the global crystalline silicon (c-Si) supply market. The days of low utilization seem in the past while Chinese suppliers continue to expand operations and supply module production with their in-house cell production. Global cell production increased from 37 GW in 2013 to 44 GW in 2014. A …

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