Arab News Headlines

China’s PV Industry Reports Robust Growth

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.

Source: Qatar News Agency