Solar companies grapple with shortage of key material
Price spike comes after environmental crackdown in China coincides with annual lull in polysilicon output
New York
SOLAR manufacturers are being battered by higher costs and smaller margins, after an unexpected shortage of a critical raw material. Prices of polysilicon, the main component of photovoltaic cells, spiked as much as 35 per cent in the past four months after environmental regulators in China shut down several factories.
That's driving up production costs as panel prices continue to decl…
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