{"id":53141,"date":"2021-08-19T08:00:39","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T21:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=53141"},"modified":"2021-08-19T08:00:39","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T21:30:39","slug":"daqo-polysilicon-prices-mb2123","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/daqo-polysilicon-prices-mb2123\/","title":{"rendered":"Daqo Doing Well From High Polysilicon Prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53142\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/polysilicon-prices-daqo.jpg\" alt=\"Daqo New Energy - Polysilicon\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/polysilicon-prices-daqo.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/polysilicon-prices-daqo-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/polysilicon-prices-daqo-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/polysilicon-prices-daqo-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While polysilicon giant Daqo New Energy sold a little less in the second quarter, its revenue jumped 72% due to high polysilicon prices.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Raw polycrystalline silicon, usually referred to as polysilicon, is a material needed to manufacture <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/photovoltaic\/polycrystalline\/\">polycrystalline<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/photovoltaic\/monocrystalline\/\">monocrystalline<\/a> solar cells. Around 98 percent of the world&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/\">solar panels<\/a> are based on silicon cells.<\/p>\n<p>Various events have seen the price of polysilicon jump over the last 18 months, including a rebound in demand after initial dampening by the pandemic and the knock-on effects of couple of explosions\/fires at production plants. Solar-grade polysilicon spot prices were below USD $7 per kilogram in June last year and are currently around $27.40\/kg.<\/p>\n<p>Among the major players in the polysilicon game is China&#8217;s Daqo, which yesterday announced its unaudited financial results for the second quarter of 2021. The numbers tell the story:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Production volume: 21,102 MT in Q2 2021, 20,185 MT in Q1 2021<\/li>\n<li>Sales volume:\u00a0 21,060 MT in Q2 2021, 21,471 MT in Q1 2021<\/li>\n<li>Average total production cost: $6.31\/kg in Q2 2021, $6.29\/kg in Q1 2021<\/li>\n<li>Polysilicon average selling price: $20.81\/kg in Q2 2021, $11.90\/kg in Q1 2021<\/li>\n<li>Revenue: $441.4 million in Q2 2021, $256.1 million in Q1 2021<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>CEO of Daqo New Energy Longgen Zhang is a happy fellow.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;In July and August, the market price for mono-grade polysilicon has remained at approximately <span class=\"xn-money\">$26<\/span>-28\/kg and we expect the strong price momentum to continue into the second half of this year,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/ir.xjdqsolar.com\/index.php?s=\/Index\/newsdetail\/id\/323\">he said<\/a>. &#8220;Despite the rise in solar module prices in the first half of this year, we continue to see stronger-than-expected market demand even at the new market prices.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>However, Daqo expects to see approximately 180~220,000 MT of additional polysilicon supply across the sector next year. This will bring downward pressure on prices.<\/p>\n<h2>Impact On Australian Solar Buyers<\/h2>\n<p>SolarQuotes&#8217; Ronald recently crunched some numbers to determine how much the current situation could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-silicon-price-hike\/\"> increase the cost of a solar power system<\/a> by.<\/p>\n<p>But here&#8217;s what&#8217;s been happening with solar system prices on a cost-per-watt basis according to the SQ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/price-explorer\/\">Australian Solar Price Index<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-53145 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/solar-price-index.png\" alt=\"Solar power systems cost per watt - Australia\" width=\"900\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/solar-price-index.png 900w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/solar-price-index-300x209.png 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/solar-price-index-768x535.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At this point for July, the average cost per watt was 87 cents. The cost data is based on installation date and sourced from reviews submitted to SolarQuotes.<\/p>\n<p>So, what might be happening?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Older, cheaper stock still being installed.<\/li>\n<li>Australians are installing bigger solar systems, which brings down the cost per watt.<\/li>\n<li>Australians switching to cheaper panels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cheaper solar panels don&#8217;t necessarily mean <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/cheapsystems.html\">cheap and nasty<\/a>. There are quite a few good quality budget brands we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/solar101.html#panelchart\">list on this chart<\/a> (left hand side of the chart).<\/p>\n<p>The difference in pricing between budget and high-end brands is considerable. For example, the SolarQuotes solar panel comparison table that enables you to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/comparison\/compare-solar-panels\/\">compare solar panels side-by-side<\/a> indicates a 365-watt Jinko Solar Cheetah Plus HC works out to around $0.55 cents per watt (retail including GST) and a LG NeON 2 365W is ~99 cents per watt.<\/p>\n<p>It may be tempting to hold off on installing solar power given the current situation and outlook. But the longer an installation is delayed for whatever reason, the longer a household or business is locking in electricity bills much higher than they would otherwise be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While polysilicon giant Daqo New Energy sold a little less in the second quarter, its revenue jumped 72% due to high polysilicon prices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":53142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Daqo Doing Well From High Polysilicon Prices - SolarQuotes Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Polysilicon giant Daqo New Energy sold a little less in the second quarter, but its revenue jumped 72% due to high polysilicon prices.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/daqo-polysilicon-prices-mb2123\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Daqo Doing Well From High Polysilicon Prices\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Polysilicon giant Daqo New Energy sold a little less in the second quarter, but its revenue jumped 72% due to high polysilicon prices.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/daqo-polysilicon-prices-mb2123\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-18T21:30:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/polysilicon-prices-daqo.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/daqo-polysilicon-prices-mb2123\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/daqo-polysilicon-prices-mb2123\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Daqo Doing Well From High Polysilicon Prices\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-18T21:30:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/daqo-polysilicon-prices-mb2123\/\"},\"wordCount\":518,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/daqo-polysilicon-prices-mb2123\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/polysilicon-prices-daqo.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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