Chinese PV Industry Brief: Solar Glass Capacity Hits 64,000 Mt Per Day

The Chinese government has revealed that the nation's solar glass capacity has reached 64,000 metric tons per day, while State Grid Corp. of China has announced plans to allocate CNY 26.07 billion ($4.3 billion) for solar incentives.

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has revealed that the country's solar glass capacity reached 64,000 metric tons (MT) per day across 348 production lines from 38 companies at the end of June. It also revealed that 313 production lines with a combined capacity of 59,000 MT are currently operational. In the first half of the year, the average price of solar glass with thicknesses of 2 mm and 3.2 mm were CNY 20.9 ($0.31) and CNY 27.1 per square meter, respectively. In the first half of 2022, 2 mm and 3.2 mm prices decreased by 21.3% and 15.3%, respectively. But in June, prices for both glass types were CNY 22.1 and CNY 28.4 per square meter, for a respective year-on-year increase of 18.9% and 35.7%.