Featured in The hunt for high efficiency – 06-2025

Trade headwinds fragment PV prices

Tempestuous trade conditions and policy uncertainty have led to module price fragmentation in the United States. Ahead of an expected reduction in manufacturing capacity utilization, leading manufacturers in China produced a high volume of cells in the spring. OPIS editorial director Hanwei Wu explains the latest market developments.

By

pv magazine

11 Jun 2025

Image: pv magazine

Increasingly fractious trade relations have led to divergent price spreads in key markets. Compared with free on board (FOB) China tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) modules, those delivered duty paid (DDP) to the United States were trading at a premium of around $0.18/W as of May 20, according to OPIS analysis. This was down on …

Subscribe to get access to this content

Purchase a digital or print subscription to read this article in full. Choose the best subscription for you.