South Korea's polysilicon industry is expected to leap to third place in the world during the year

According to Korean media reports, South Korea's polysilicon production last year was 1.8723 million tons, ranking fourth after China, the United States, and Germany. According to this year's production plan, South Korea will surpass Germany and jump to the third place in the world.

Solar Energy, an energy survey agency, said recently that according to the quarterly production and investment plans of 50 polysilicon manufacturers around the world, the polysilicon production in various countries was analyzed. As a result, it was found that by 2013 Korean production of polysilicon will reach 98,500 tons, second only to China. (16.585 million tons) ranked second. In other words, by 2013 South Korea is expected to compete with China for the world's top two in terms of polysilicon production capacity.

Polysilicon is the core raw material for solar cells that convert solar energy into electricity. The Solar&energy representative said: “At present, solar energy accounts for only 0.5% of the world's electricity generation, but this proportion will rise to 20% to 30% after 40 years. In this process, the demand for polysilicon as raw material for solar cells will be a geometric figure. Incremental."