China’s PV Industry Reports Robust Growth

Beijing, April 02 (QNA) – China’s photovoltaic (PV) sector posted robust growth in the first two months of 2023 with major products of the industrial chain logging year-on-year growth rates of around 60%, official data issued by the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology showed.

China produced about 176,000 tons of polysilicon during the period, up more than 60 % from a year earlier, China’s News Agency (Xinhua) reported.

The output of polysilicon wafers expanded 78% over the previous year, the data showed.

In the two-month period, the output of crystalline silicon PV cells rose 57.5% to reach 62.2 gigawatts, while that of modules hiked 62.2%, according to the ministry. (QNA)