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Industry more heeded to polysilicon prices
The industry has been watching even more closely at the polysilicon sector. However, buyers and sellers only fulfilled orders previously signed this week. Price negotiations for new round of orders have yet to be initiated, as the two parties remained in
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Polysilicon outlook for 2022
This year, polysilicon prices have stayed on an upward trend, as short supply persists due to mismatched production capacities in up and downstream and long construction time that new polysilicon production capacities take.
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Prices fall slowly across the supply chain
This week, polysilicon buyers and sellers were mostly delivering previous orders amid intensified market sensitivity, with a new round of price negotiations yet to begin.
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Market in wait and see mode for next round of new orders
The polysilicon sector has been delivering orders for now but saw few new orders signed. Purchase activities slowed, as the market was more and more in a wait and see mode.
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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
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Market analysis: Japan to reach 10 GW offshore wind capacity by 2030
To realize carbon neutrality, the Japanese government released a new energy plan this year aiming to raise the share of renewable energy to 36-38% in the electricity generation mix by 2030, and increase the ratio of non-fossil energy sources (renewables,
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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
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China takes big stride towards its carbon peak goal
Foreign media last month reported China’s plan to construct a 400-GW utility-scale wind and solar project in the deserts of western China.
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Floating wind turbine I: global market forecast and policy summary
As shore areas with lower developing costs gradually saturated, and capacity connected to the grid of each region reached a limit, many countries shifted focus to floating wind turbines.
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Producing hydrogen offshore amid global race to zero emissions
In the report “Net Zero by 2050: A Roadmap for the Global Energy Sector” published by the International Energy Agency (IEA) this May, more than 400 milestones are identified to guide the path toward a net-zero global carbon dioxide emissions by 2050.
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PV manufacturers call to action amid challenges brought by China’s power rationing
China’s power rationing is widening. So far, the power cuts have expanded to 20 provinces and autonomous regions, including major polysilicon and wafer manufacturing hubs Yunnan, as well as Jiangsu and Zhejiang, where most cell, module, and BOM material m
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Province-wide solar promotion policy could send China demand to another peak
On June 20, 2021, the National Energy Administration (NEA) published a notice on the “Pilot Scheme of Province-Wide Distributed Rooftop Project.”
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China’s dual-control on energy intensity target to hit PV supply chain in Q4
China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) published a notice on “Dual-Control Policy of Energy Consumption and Intensity” recently, specifying the energy intensity target set for the country, and directs each province (including autonomous
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InfoLink launches DataFactory, a database system of real-time information for PV businesses
To ensure that businesses hold access to the most instantaneous industry statistics and insights into the ever-changing market trends, InfoLink Consulting unveiled an all-inclusive visualized data system, DataFactory.
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Silicon metal shortage to intensify as Yunnan cut production
Yunnan provincial government will enforce silicon metal production control, ensuring the average monthly production of silicon metal manufacturers in September to December does not exceed 10% of the production in August.
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Analysis of Asia Pacific Offshore Wind Market-Taiwan
Taiwan has set a target of sourcing 20% of electricity initially from renewables by 2025, but the pandemic delayed the progress of wind farms. Benefit from policy, offshore wind industrial chain in Taiwan will have a bigger bargaining chip in stage 3.
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Global energy storage market could reach beyond 800 GWh by 2030
The world will see over 3,000 GW of new renewable energy installations by 2030, as calculated based on targets set by governments around the globe. The figure may exceed 5,000 GW by 2030, as ESS InfoLink projected.
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Tier-1 battery manufacturers could drive down lithium battery costs by 50%
The high price and inferior cycle life performance of lithium-ion batteries restricted their applications in some markets. However, the rapid rise of EV market over the past two years has driven battery technology to advance and prices to reduce, opening
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