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Chinese Solar Companies: Who Will Go Bankrupt First?
China, which is the world’s largest provider of solar panels made from crystalline silicon, is seeing a large number of smaller polysilicon companies go bankrupt or stop production. The reason is that for many of the smaller companies, the price of polysilicon is $25-30/kg, while costs are $40-50/kg. This means that the smaller companies are [...]
Hemlock Begins Construction On New Silicon Production Plant
The Hemlock Semiconductor Group has begun construction at its new plant in Clarksville, Tenn. The facility is projected to be completed in 2012. HemlockSemiconductor’s new facility features an investment of up to $1.2billion, and it will create 500 full-time jobs and more than 800construction jobs. The site will contain over 150,000 cubic yards ofconcrete and [...]