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Chinese polysilicon majors pledge to end loss-making sales China’s top eight polysilicon producers, controlling more than 90% of effective Chinese polysilicon capacity, have signed an industry pricing and capacity-discipline initiative.
Vincent Shaw
Aug 07, 2026
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Markets & Policy
Global polysilicon prices hold steady as U.S. unveils Section 232 import floors 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.
OPIS
Aug 07, 2026
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Research & Development
Waste solar silicon repurposed as support for palladium nanoparticle catalysts Italian researchers have developed a palladium-on-silicon catalyst using recycled PV module silicon, enabling efficient microwave-assisted biaryl synthesis. The catalyst achieved high yields, recyclability, and lower environmental impact compared with conventional silicon and carbon-based supports.
Lior Kahana
Aug 04, 2026
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Markets & Policy
Chinese TOPCon module prices fall as high-efficiency supply adds pressure 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.
OPIS
Jul 31, 2026
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Solar-grade polysilicon
Markets & Policy
China adopts tougher mandatory energy limits for polysilicon plants China has published a stricter mandatory energy consumption standard for polysilicon production, lowering the maximum allowable energy use for existing rod-silicon plants and tightening accounting rules. The revised standard, effective Jan. 1, 2027, could significantly reduce China’s compliant polysilicon capacity, although the near-term supply impact may be limited because much of the affected capacity is already idle.
Vincent Shaw
Jul 24, 2026
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Markets & Policy
China TOPCon cell prices extend decline on weak demand and oversupply 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.
OPIS
Jul 24, 2026
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Markets & Policy
IEA PVPS updates benchmark PV life cycle inventory with 83 factory assessments IEA-PVPS has released an updated 2026 Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) report, providing more representative data on PV manufacturing, energy use, emissions, recycling, and end-of-life processes. The update highlights major improvements in silicon recycling, wafer efficiency, and reduced environmental impacts across PV supply chains.
Lior Kahana
Jul 22, 2026
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Markets & Policy
China wafer prices edge lower on abundant supply and weak downstream demand 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.
pv magazine
Jul 17, 2026
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Markets & Policy
China’s new PV industry standards unlikely to resolve overcapacity pv magazine spoke with two OPIS analysts about China’s new mandatory energy consumption and efficiency standards for the solar sector, which aim to address overcapacity but are unlikely to resolve supply-demand imbalances alone. They said the measures could accelerate the phaseout of outdated capacity and support higher-quality manufacturing, but their impact on operating capacity, module prices and industry consolidation is expected to remain limited in the near term.
Emiliano Bellini
Jul 15, 2026