Solar polycrystalline silicon contract price cuts

Due to the capital and technology-intensive characteristics of solar polycrystalline silicon, full production capacity can effectively reduce costs. Once the production is stopped or reduced, the high equipment depreciation costs are under heavy pressure. Therefore, the fourth quarter of 2011 was affected by the severe demand at the demand side. The first-line polycrystalline silicon plant is facing the pressure of over-stocking; solar energy industry makers said that the polycrystalline silicon plant is willing to lower its price rather than reduce its production capacity while still making profits.

With the rapid rise of solar energy in 2004, the supply of old semiconductor polycrystalline silicon plants, including Hemlock, MEMC, Japan Mitsubishi, Sumitomo, Tokuyama, Wacker, and REC in Norway, once dominated 80% of the global market. Accounting rate.

However, with the rapid growth of the solar photovoltaic industry, in recent years, with the substantial expansion of South Korea's OCI and the mainland's GCL and expansion of capacity utilization, the material market has been changed to Hemlock, Wacker, OCI and Poly. Xin is the most influential person in the market and has been called the "4 Big Diamonds" by the market.

The polysilicon plant in Asia has a relatively fast price reduction. In the fourth quarter, the European and American factories that have caught up with the contract price have lowered their prices, bringing with them a relatively large number of additional clauses. The finalization rate has been relatively slow, but the price point is competitive. The solar energy industry has pointed out that Approaching an Asian factory.