FOB China module prices rise amid growing market expectations of sharp correction by end-Q2
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, OPIS, a Dow Jones company, FOB China TOPCon below 450 W modules for spot loading were stable at $0.093/W, with price indications between $0.087-0.100/W. Furthermore, it reveals that current price increases are not being uniformly adopted across all Chinese manufacturers, with significant price differences—often several euro cents— being observed between the Top 5 and Top 10 manufacturers.
International PV module pricing may rise to $0.11/W by year end
International PV module prices, driven by Chinese averages, will likely rise from $0.08/W to $0.10/W today to $0.11/W by the end of 2025 and potentially $0.13/W by 2027, says Clean Energy Associates (CEA), noting that heterojunction and back-contact technologies now make up 12% of global module capacity.
Polysilicon market steady amid challenging short-term outlook
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, OPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides a quick look at the main price trends in the global PV industry.
Chinese PV Industry Brief: Tongwei secures $1.38 billion for polysilicon business
Tongwei says it will bring in strategic investors for its polysilicon subsidiary, Sichuan Yongxiang Co., raising CNY 10 billion ($1.38 billion) at a CNY 27 billion valuation, with investors acquiring a stake up to 27.03%.
Gstar’s wafer factory in Indonesia gets monocrystalline growth furnaces
Singapore-based solar manufacturer Gstar Solar has received the first of 120 monocrystalline growth furnaces to be delivered to its new 3 GW wafer manufacturing facility in Indonesia.
Spain offers €200 million grant for solar ingot, wafer factory
Sunwafe SL has secured the largest share of Spain’s €297.3 million ($321.6 million) fund for clean energy manufacturing, as the government boosts support for domestic production.
Chinese PV Industry Brief: Trina Solar announces 800 W tandem solar module
Trina Solar’s National Key Laboratory of PV Science and Technology says that its new perovskite-polysilicon tandem module has achieved 808 W of peak power output in TÜV SÜD testing.
Solar wafer prices trend upward as China’s domestic demand surges
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, OPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides a quick look at the main price trends in the global PV industry.
Indian PV makers must brace for changing trade landscape
Indian PV exporters stand to gain from China’s restricted access to the US market, but mounting price competition from Chinese manufacturers and the risk of US tariffs on Indian goods could threaten their long-term growth, says Rubix Data Sciences in a new report.
India’s MNRE says imported silicon wafers do not meet domestic PV criteria
India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has ruled that solar cells made with imported diffused silicon wafers, known as “blue wafers,” do not qualify for government programs requiring domestically manufactured PV cells.
