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Market jitters as wafer pricing remains obscured

Market awaits future wafer price trends

Note:
• Spot prices for multi-Si wafers and cells will not be posted from July onwards.
• Adjustments for categorization of module spot prices: Prices for distributed and ground-mounted projects in China will be posted seperately from July onwards.

Cell prices rise on short supply as upstream shortage persists

Cell prices mount this week, due to ongoing short supply for cells in mainstream formats remain short this week and robust end user demand around the globe. For M10 cells, manufacturers offer price quotes as high as RMB 1.195-1.2/W, and even RMB 1.21/W

Suction bucket jacket: Development and case study

Following the comparison and contrast of suction bucket jacket (SBJ) and other types of foundations, this article focuses on Borkum Riffgrund 1, the first wind farm employing SBJ, examining the historical and geographical context of the attempt and develo

Suction bucket jacket: Introduction

Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 2a phase-2 and Greater Changhua 4 offshore wind farm has passed the review for environmental impact comparative analysis report on March 2, 2022. Items changed include larger wind turbines and the installation of suction bucket j

Growth and burning concerns in German home battery sector

On March 3, 2022, explosion of a residential energy storage facility drew much attention in Southern Germany, for residential ESS carries much greater risks to people than outdoor ESS. According to statistics compiled by InfoLink, there have been at least

Three key factors to U.S.’ lead in energy storage industry

The U.S. added 1.4 GW / 3.5 GWh of electrochemical energy storage capacity in 2020. In 2021, the nation accumulated 3.5 GW / 10.5 GWh of installed ESS capacity, approximately 300% of growth, with the front-of-the meter (FTM) market contributing 3 GW / 9.2

Upstream material and cell price hikes weigh on supply chain

Over the past year, the energy storage industry has been struggled with the pandemic and raw material price hikes. Prices for battery grade Lithium Carbonate rose beyond RMB 200,000/MT in December 2021, from RMB 80,000/MT in March. This month, official pr

Offshore wind IRP: brighter outlook for turbine components

Developers can hardly and are not intended to require turbine manufacturers to localize or customize wind turbines for them.

Latest activities in U.S. and India markets

The Biden administration announced on February 4 that President Biden extended the Section 201 tariffs on imported solar cells and modules for another four years.

InfoLink to launch 2H21 Solar-plus-storage Global Market Report, helping businesses gain insights

InfoLink introduces Solar-Plus-Storage Global Market Report, which features analysis and forecast for major front-the-meter and behind-the-meter C&I storage, behind-the-meter residential markets in China, the U.S., Europe, Japan, and Australia, the assess

Polysilicon prices could fall faster 2022

Driven by installation rush in China and abroad, demand for mono-Si wafers was strong at the end of 2022, resulting in short supply. Meanwhile, massive capacity held by Longi, Zhonghuan, Jinko and JA Solar put wafer manufacturers under pressure amid rapid

Solar cell and module: The big picture outlook for prices and demand

In 2021, PV supply chain see dramatic price fluctuations. Polysilicon shortages crippled production output across the supply chain, whilst energy intensity and consumption control and power rationing imposed since September affected overall raw material s