According to the latest solar spot price survey of Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the spot price of polysilicon reached 56.1 U.S. dollars per kilogram in August, reaching the highest value since December 2009.
In March this year, the price of polysilicon fell to 52.5 U.S. dollars per kilogram, which was the lowest level in four years. However, due to the short-term demand from German, Italian, French, and Czech eager companies to start construction of photovoltaic projects before the reduction of incentives, prices will soon appear. Rebounded. Despite the reduction in German subsidies on July 1, the market has hardly been affected.
Demand for photovoltaic modules has driven demand for polysilicon and is expected to increase throughout 2010, but prices will not reproduce the record of $400/kg set in mid-2008. "The current level of silicon production capacity should be sufficient to meet the record demand in 2010," said Martin, a solar energy analyst at Bloomberg New Energy Finance. "Even though the increase in demand has pushed up prices, we don't think polysilicon will be in a short-term shortage because there will be more in the year. New production capacity."
Both the 125mm monocrystalline wafers, the 156mm polysilicon wafers, and the prices of monocrystalline and polycrystalline silicon batteries have hit new highs since 2009. Bloomberg New Energy Finance believes that prices will continue to rise moderately until the end of 2010, but by the first quarter of 2011, prices will have downward revision risks as Europe will cut subsidies for photovoltaic on-grid tariffs early next year.