China Solar Polysilicon Industry Report, 2009

China Solar Polysilicon Industry Report, 2009

The world’s solar cell output increased 40% yearly on average over the past decade. Promoted by the global PV market, China’s PV export value reached RMB150 billion in 2008, topping in the world. In addition, its PV output accounted for 30% of global total, and was the sum of Germany and Japan.
The global economic downturn has made PV industry stranded, and the ratio of output to demand was 2:1. In 1H 2009, the output value of world’s PV industry dropped nearly 40%, while the advantages such as low cost made China’s PV market share rise to 40%. In China, more than ten startups have successfully went public via PV market development, as well as many listed companies have entered the PV market, all of which had developed rapidly during several years before 2008, and their output capacity had been successively expanded.

Seen from the latest situation, some problems such as blind investment and overcapacity have occurred in the development course of China’s polysilicon industry.

Firstly, overcapacity in total output scale.
Lured by high profit in previous years, huge capital has flowed into polysilicon industry since 2006, which resulted in rapid expansion of polysilicon output capacity. According to the statistics, the polysilicon output capacity hit approximately 20,000 tons in China in 2008, and the output was 4,000 tons, while the production capacity under construction was over 80,000 tons, indicating evident overcapacity. Meanwhile, being an energy-intensive industry, the electricity charges of polysilicon accounts for 35%-40% in production cost. Currently, China’s PV industry has not started up by large extent, and 98% of solar cells made with China-made polysilicon are for export, which means indirectly energy export in large quantity.

Secondly, unreasonable distribution
The polysilicon projects should be established in the areas with rich energy and low-price electricity considering its electricity guzzling. However, a substantial part of new construction projects are built in East China and Central China, the areas with high electricity price and short of energy resources.

In Sep, 2009, China’s central government listed polysilicon as an overcapacity industry in order to guide its healthy development, avoid excessive competition and achieve energy-saving and emission reduction. It was explicitly proposed to strictly supervise industrial market access, strengthen environmental monitoring and project approvals, and implement the accountability system. In the meantime, it was planned to resolutely curb polysilicon overcapacity and redundant construction by rendering the economic and administrative means.

Table of Contents

1 Overview of Solar Polysilicon Industry
1.1 Polysilicon
1.1.1 Relevant Terms
1.1.2 Production Processes
1.2 Solar Polysilicon Industry Chain
1.2.1 Structure
1.2.2 Profit Margins by Link
1.3 Industry Environment
1.4 Overview of China’s Polysilicon Industry

2 Polysilicon Market
2.1 Silicon Material Market
2.2 Silicon Ingot / Silicon Wafer Manufacturing
2.3 Solar Cell Module Market
2.4 International Polysilicon Market
2.5 China’s Polysilicon Market

3 Polysilicon Materials Manufacturers
3.1 Overview
3.2 Hemlock Semiconductor
3.2.1 Profile
3.2.2 Operation
3.3 Wacker Chemie
3.3.1 Profile
3.3.2 Products & Clients
3.4 Tokuyama
3.4.1 Profile
3.4.2 Sales & Output Capacity
3.5 MEMC Electronic Materials
3.5.1 Profile
3.5.2 Revenue & Output
3.5.3 Development Strategies
3.6 REC
3.6.1 Profile & Organization
3.6.2 Output & Planning
3.7 China Silicon Corporation
3.8 Emei Semiconductor Material Factory
3.9 Sichuan Chuantou Energy Co., Ltd
3.10 CSG Holding Co., Ltd
3.11 Shanghai Aerospace Automobile Electromechanical Co., Ltd (SAAE)
3.12 GRINM Semiconductor Materials Co., Ltd

4 Polysilicon Manufacturers
4.1 Suntech Power Holdings
4.2 Baoding Tianwei Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd
4.3 China Sunergy Co., Ltd
4.4 Shenzhen Topray Solar Co., Ltd
4.5 Sunvim Group Co., Ltd
4.6 Advanced Technology & Materials Co., Ltd (AT&M)
4.7 Shandong Jinjing Science & Technology Stock Co., Ltd
4.8 LDK Solar Co., Ltd (LDK)
4.9 Tianjin Zhonghuan Semiconductor Co., Ltd
4.10 Jiangsu Dagang Co., Ltd Selected Charts

Polysilicon Samples
Polysilicon Industry Chain Structure
Status of China’s PV Related Industries
Global Solar Cell Industry Chain
PV Industry Chain Value Structure
Pre-tax Profit Margin Distribution of Global PV industry Chain, 2005-2010
China Solar Installed Capacity and Generating Capacity Plan, 2004-2050
China Solar Energy Utilization Schedule, 2006-2020
Geographical Distribution of Solar Energy Resources in China
Comparison between Chinese and Foreign PV Listed Companies by Evaluation
Global Accumulative PV Solar Installed Capacity and Growth Rate, 1994-2007
China’s Accumulative PV Installed Capacity, Annual Installed Capacity and Growth Rate, 2000-2009
China’s Four PV Industry Clusters
Global Solar-grade Silicon Raw Materials Output Expansion, 2003-2010
Global Electronic-grade Silicon Raw Materials Output Expansion, 2003-2010
Construction of Global Key Silicon Materials Plants, 2006-2009
Construction of China’s Key Silicon Materials Plants, 2007-2010
Operation Flow from Silicon to Wafer
China’s Typical Companies of Solar Polysilicon-Silicon Ingot/Silicon Wafer–Battery Modules Industry Chain
Change of Silicon Wafer Thickness and Solar Cell Efficiency, 2003-2010
PV Module Sales and Growth Trend by Region over the Years
Output Capacity and Market Share of China's Key Cell Module Manufacturer
Output Capacity and Product Structure Adjustment of Global Key Polysilicon Manufacturers, 2006-2010
Output Capacity Expansion of Global Polysilicon Manufacturers, 2005-2010
Polysilicon Project Planning of Global Newcomers, 2006-2010
China’s Polysilicon Projects to be Constructed and under Construction
China’s High-purity Polysilicon, Silicon Ingots and Silicon Wafer Manufacturers
Polysilicon Planned Investment and Output Capacity of Some Manufacturers
Solar-grade Silicon Materials Expansion Plan of Traditional Large Companies
Hemlock’s Three Biggest Shareholders and Equity Structure
Hemlock’s Distribution of Upstream Raw Materials, Midstream Products and Downstream Customers
Hemlock’s Output Capacity, 2005-2009
Hemlock’s Four Largest Customers and Corresponding Products
Key Products and Application Fields of Wacker Polysilicon Subsidiaries
Wacker’s Business Structure
Global Business Distribution of Wacker Polysilicon Divisions
Wacker’s Practical Output Capacity, 2006-2010E
Wacker’s Production Bases, Product Catalogue and Application Fields
Wacker’s Polysilicon Applications (Electronics & Solar Energy)
Wacker’s Polysilicon/Monocrystal Silicon Wafer Application and Potential Customers in Electronics Field
Wacker’s Polysilicon/Monocrystal Silicon Wafer Output Capacity Plan, 2005-2010E
Tokuyama’s Equity Structure
Tokuyama’s Capital Structure
Tokuyama’s Annual Sales, 2002-2008
MEMC’s Nine Manufacturing Bases Worldwide
MEMC’s Revenue and Profit Margin, 2002-2008
MEMC’s Achieved and Planned Output, 2005-2010E
MEMC’s Polysilicon Supply and Demand Forecast
MEMC’s Technologies
MEMC’s Prospect
REC’s Organization Structure
REC’s Practical Output, 2007-2010E
Practical Output and Forecast of Silicon Wafer, 2007-2010E
Output and Sales of China Silicon Corporation, 2002-2008
Output Forecast of China Silicon Corporation, 2008-2011E
Practical Output and Forecast of Emei Semiconductor Material Factory, 2007-2010E
Main Finance of Sichuan Chuantou Energy Co., Ltd
CSG Holding’s Industry Chain
SAAE’s Business Structure, 2008
SAAE's Quarterly Revenue and Profit, 2006-2009
Main Finance of GRINM Semiconductor Materials
Equity Structure of Suntech Power Holdings
Operation Statistics of Suntech Power Holdings, 2006-2009
Net Income of Suntech Power Holdings, 2008-2009
Gross Profit of Suntech Power Holdings, 2007-2009
Solar Cell Practical Output of Suntech Power Holdings, 2007-2010E
Revenue and Profit of Baoding Tianwei Yingli New Energy Resources, 2007-2011E
China Sunergy’s Output Expansion Plan, 2006-2008
Main Finance of Shenzhen Topray Solar
Main Finance of Sunvim Group
Main Finance of AT&M
Main Finance of ShandongJinjing Science & Technology Stock Co., Ltd
LDK Profile
Relationship between LDK’s Main Customers
Main Finance of Tianjin Zhonghuan Semiconductor
Main Finance of Jiangsu Dagang Co., Ltd