The TaiyangNews PV Price Index saw little movement in Calendar Week 43, with only one category seeing a change in prices Week-over-Week (WoW).
All listed silicon types continued to maintain their prices from CW42.
While the 3 n-type variants saw price declines in CW42, all listed wafer types were flat WoW in CW43.
As with polysilicon and wafers, cell prices were stable WoW.
Following the 2 TOPCon module types seeing an identical 2.7% decline in CW42, the 2 listed PERC bifacial module types were down an identical 2.8% WoW in CW43.
The 2 solar glass varieties maintained their prices from CW42.
The TaiyangNews PV Price Index has seen greater price declines upstream than downstream in CY2024. All Chinese polysilicon types have crossed the 39.3% price decline mark YtD. Among wafers, the n-type variants have lost more than half their value thus far this year. The decline for TOPCon 182 mm cell (down 43.8% YtD) is disproportionately higher among cell types. Module prices have declined in the range of 21.8% to 29.4% YtD. And finally, solar glass prices have declined in the 21.4% to 35% range YtD.
The data refers to average product prices in China. The data was collected by Chinese market research firm Gessey PV Consulting.
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