Energy & Chemicals Industry Analysis

Operation Analysis on China’s Polysilicon Industry in 2017

(1) The industry scale grew steadily. In 2017, the production volume of polysilicon was 242,000 tons, increasing by 24.7% YOY; the wafer production reached  87 GW, going up by 34.3% YOY; the solar cell output was 68 GW, with an increase of 33.3% YOY; the solar module output reached 76 GW, increasing by 31.7% YOY. The production scale of each joint along the industry chain accounted for more than 50% of the world’s total, ranking first in the world. Related report: Research Report on China’s Solar Polysilicon Industry, 2018-2022 (2) The technology…

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Energy & Chemicals

Hot Spots in China’s Photovoltaics Market, 2017

Photovoltaics market was sizzling in the first half year of 2017, hotter than the temperature of a summer day. Several hot sectors are as follows: 1 Photovoltaics Project Investment It was generally believed that before fair price was set for solar electricity, the 11GW installation of Jun, 2016 and 22GW new installed capacity of the first half of 2016 were unsurpassable. However, new records created in 2017 was 13.15 GW installation of Jun and 24GW new installed capacity of the first half year 2 Distributed Photovoltaics Project Investment Due to…

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Energy & Chemicals

Photovoltaic Export Market Presents a Trend of Diversity

In the first 4 months of 2017, Asia accounted for about 77% of China’s photovoltaic module export value, and Europe and North America, which were the traditional export markets, only accounted for 5.7% and 0.8% respectively due to the “anti-dumping and anti-subsidy policies”. Besides, Latin America accounted for 9.37%, Oceania accounted for 4.18% and Africa accounted for 2.65%, which were the major new markets with great potential under the proposal of “One Belt and One Road”. China’s leading photovoltaic enterprises terminated the European Union’s MIP agreement and built plants in…

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