Main component in solar power dirt cheap
Polysilicon prices hit record low amid supply glut that's set to linger
New York
PRICES for polysilicon - the main ingredient in solar cells - have dropped to a record low amid a supply glut that won't end soon.
There's so much of the shiny black stuff on the market that suppliers including Europe's Wacker Chemie AG, Hemlock Semiconductor Corp in the US and South Korea-based Hanwha Chemical Corp are losing money at spot prices that reached US$14.76 per kilogramme this month, down 31 per cent in the past year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
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