Price of Taiwan-made solar cells rises 1.53% W/W - EnergyTrend

Sep 3, 2014 - The average spot price of solar cells manufactured in Taiwan increased by 1.53% week-on-week to USD 0.332 (EUR 0.253) per watt in the week through September 3, statistics by Taiwan-based EnergyTrend show.

In the meantime, the spot price of China-made cells remained the same at USD 0.309/watt. There was no change in the prices of multi-crystalline silicon (multi-Si) and mono-crystalline silicon (mono-Si) cells either, as they continued to sell at an average of USD 1.535 and USD 1.780 per 156-sq-mm piece, respectively.

Crystalline silicon photovoltaic (PV) modules experienced no change in the average price of USD 0.563/watt at which they traded in the preceding week.

While the spot prices of both multi-Si and mono-Si wafers of 156-sq-mm were flat at USD 0.887/watt and USD 1.163/watt, respectively, the one for high-efficiency multi-Si wafers went up by 0.22% to USD 0.920 per 156-sq-mm piece.

The price for thin-film did not change during the past week and remained at USD 0.707 per watt. EnergyTrend now calculates the prices based on copper indium gallium (di)selenide (CIGS) products instead of using amorphous silicon thin-film ones for the purpose, it notes.

CPV and inverter prices also remained unchanged at USD 2.303 and USD 0.182 per watt, respectively. The price per 1 kg of polysilicon, a crucial raw material for most photovoltaics, was USD 20.251, the same as in the previous two weeks.

EnergyTrend is a division of Taiwanese market researcher Trendforce.

(USD 1.0 = EUR 0.760)

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