Nation ups polysilicon efforts for sound PV

More efforts are in the pipeline to ease surging polysilicon prices as China is promoting healthier development of the fast-growing photovoltaic industry, said ministry officials and experts.

More efforts are called for in the output expansion to increase the supply of polysilicon — a key material for PV module manufacturing — rational purchase from downstream buyers to improve supply and demand balance and a crackdown on illegal activities such as price gouging and hoarding products.

With such efforts, experts estimate that production capacity of polysilicon will expand and surpass 2.4 million metric tons in 2023, while the material supply will reach over 1.56 million tons — an equivalent amounting to the manufacturing needs of more than 600-gigawatt PV modules.