SunEdison’s high pressure fluidized bed reactor (HP-FBR) process produces high-purity polysilicon using 90% less energy than the dominant Siemens method. The company plans to ramp the plant to 13,500 ...

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There are only four companies that manufacture polysilicon, a critical material for solar panels and semiconductors, in the United States. This spring, one of them got a big influx of cash. In April, ...

The chemical vapour deposition (CVD) of polysilicon in Siemens reactors remains a cornerstone process in the manufacture of high-purity silicon for semiconductor and photovoltaic applications. The ...

Munich-based Wacker announced it intends to set up a new production line for semiconductor-grade polysilicon at its facility in Burghausen, Germany. The €300 million ($324.4 million) investment would ...

PPP's Polysilicon Process Technology and Equipment for 3,000 MTY Solar Grade Silicon Production Plant in Inner Mongolia BURBANK, CA–(Marketwire – January 3, 2011) – Poly Plant Project, Inc. (PPP), a ...

Global solar trade wars and increased industry oversupply are the main reasons behind low polysilicon prices. The prices of polysilicon have decreased from around $22/kg in H1’14 to $15/kg during ...

According to market researcher DisplaySearch, the flat-panel display (FPD) market is about to explode. Growth rates for active-matrix LCDs (AMLCDs) should reach 35% over the next five years, while ...

LDK Solar Co., a Chinese solar-panel maker that restructured its offshore debt in December, completed a reengineering process for its polysilicon plant in Jiangxi province to cut production costs. The ...

If you have lunch with Rudolf Staudigl, the measured chief executive of Wacker Chemie, the Bavarian chemical producer, don’t expect him to be a barrel of laughs. It’s been a tough time for Wacker’s ...

An innovative design by Motorola's Sensor Products Division in Tempe, Ariz., optimally integrates a surface-micromachined capacitive automotive tire-pressure sensor with a 0.8-µm CMOS double-metal, ...