Calendar Week 26 brought a broadly negative turn for the TaiyangNews PV Price Index, with declines across multiple product categories.
Silicon prices remained flat week-on-week (WoW) for all listed types, offering a brief moment of stability in an otherwise downward-trending market.
n-Type wafers saw uniform declines: 210R fell 0.5%, 210 mm dropped 1.6%, and 182 mm led the losses with a 4.4% decrease. p-Type wafers remain absent from the market, further reinforcing the industry's shift toward n-type technologies.
TOPCon cell prices also moved lower, mirroring wafer trends. Declines ranged from 1.9% for the 210 mm variant to a significant 9.6% for bifacial 210R. Additionally, bifacial 182 mm TOPCon cells fell 1.5% WoW.
CW26 also saw the addition of 2 new module categories under China Project Prices: ≥595W (RMB 0.68/W) and ≥585W (RMB 0.66/W).
Solar glass prices took a steep hit this week. The 3.2 mm type dropped 11.1% WoW, while the thinner 2.0 mm variant plunged 14.3%, erasing all gains made year to date.
Overall, CW26 was decidedly negative for the PV value chain. As of now, only 2 of the 26 tracked products in the TaiyangNews PV Price Index remain in positive territory for the year.
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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