By Walt Hickey Polysilicon Plant outages at the facilities that produce polysilicon, the key component in solar panels, led to the price of the component hitting $43.50 a kilogram on Wednesday, the highest level seen since 2011. Prices have risen for their sixth consecutive week and have now entered what’s described as an extreme supply shortage according to manufacturers. July output in China is expected to only be 58,000 tons, down 3,200 from June.
So, one great story (the Oregon one), where we can gain invaluable insights into how criminal enterprises work, followed by the incredibly depressing one (the nautilus), where a creature that has survived just about everything has finally come up against the one thing that nothing living seems to be able to survive, which is to say, humanity.
So, one great story (the Oregon one), where we can gain invaluable insights into how criminal enterprises work, followed by the incredibly depressing one (the nautilus), where a creature that has survived just about everything has finally come up against the one thing that nothing living seems to be able to survive, which is to say, humanity.
We really do suck as stewards of the planet.