Solar cell prices are two things: Taiwan factory rose on the mainland fell

According to the EnergyTrend survey conducted by TrendForce's research division, due to the US's double-judgment, the spot price of solar energy has developed differently this week depending on the region. The price of the Taiwan factory has shown an upward trend while the prices of the mainland manufacturers have apparently declined.

According to EnergyTrend's survey, polysilicon prices are still mostly between $20/kg and $22/kg this week, while the average price continues to decline to $21.62/kg, a decrease of 2.5% from last week. In terms of silicon wafers, Taiwanese companies stated that downstream customers have already raised their quotations. Therefore, they also plan to follow up appropriately. With mainland product prices remaining unchanged, this week's prices will rebound. The average price of polysilicon wafers will be $1.066/Watt. The gain was 0.09%; the price of single crystal was $1.522/Watt, which was an increase of 0.13%. On the battery side, although the price of Taiwanese factories increased, the prices of mainland manufacturers dropped significantly, making the overall average price still maintain a downward trend. This week, the average price was $0.454/Watt, which was a decrease of 0.66%; both module and film prices were maintained. constant. Looking further, at present, Taiwan's factory prices will continue to increase in terms of wafers and battery products. However, in mainland China manufacturers, wafer prices are still on the sidelines, and battery products are under downward pressure. Under the influence of the downward adjustment of the European subsidy policy and the dual anti-US issues in the United States, the situation of different prices across the Taiwan Strait will continue in the short-term.

The British policy announced the latest version of the subsidy policy a few days ago, and it is expected to be implemented on August 1. The relevant contents will be tightened compared with the previous version. According to the policy, the subsidy for systems smaller than 4 kW is reduced from the current 21 p/kWh to 16 p/kWh, a decrease of 23.8%, the decrease in size from 4 kW to 50 kW is 12.6% to 13.7%, and the system size is greater than 50 kW The decrease was between 10.9% and 16.5%. In addition to the amount of subsidy, the number of years of subsidy is also reduced from 25 to 20 years. Through this policy, the British government expects to reach an installed capacity of 800MW to 1000MW per year by 2015, and the return on investment will be 6% to 8%.

Since the United Kingdom is the major solar energy market in Europe other than Germany and Italy, this policy adjustment is quite indicative. With Germany, France, and Italy also planning to tighten subsidies, it is evident that the return on investment in the European market will continue to decline. On the other hand, after the United States has resorted to a dual-reaction policy, the European market has become even more important to Chinese solar energy companies. Under the situation of continued declining tightening, investment companies must be more active in order to maintain a certain rate of return. For the Chinese solar energy companies that are currently struggling to change, the operating conditions will be even more severe. Although the Chinese government has increased the amount of subsidized installations, related businesses are still unable to profit from it, so EnergyTrend believes that such a situation will accelerate the restructuring of the Chinese solar energy industry. Short-term pain is inevitable, but in the long term, it will benefit China and the global solar industry. development of.