Resources scarcities creating solar module bidding prices to climb in China

• Typical bidding prices for centralised procurement of solar modules in China has shown a surge in price, sparked by extra pricey basic materials and skyrocketing need.

Recent bids for centralised solar module procurement from companies in China consisting of China Huadian, CNNC Nanjing and also China Longyuan have actually shown that bids from top-tier module manufacturers providing 500W+ panels had covered RMB1.8/ Watt (US$ 0.28 c/W).

Various other centralised procurement deals have seen year-on-year rate boost of as much as 14%, relying on the type as well as anticipated power result of the modules being looked for.

This increase in rate, although just anticipated to be really felt in the short-term, was being connected by module makers in China to an ongoing lack of resources such as polysilicon and also glass.

Lacks of polysilicon in particular have actually been well recorded, with lots of producers signing long-term manage suppliers including Daqo and GCL-Poly to safeguard their supply, while others have aimed to bring greater polysilicon production in-house by releasing joint venture collaborations in the field.

On the other hand prices for solar-grade glass in China reached historic highs in the direction of completion of in 2015, motivating manufactuers to lobby the Chinese federal government to intervene.

But there are currently worries that price increases in China can spread overseas, with module costs anticipated to creep upwards in the coming months.