【Ten Years of Great Progress in Chemical Technology】024-2022: GCL Technology built the world’s largest single-unit polysilicon facility

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On June 16, 2022, Jiangsu Zhongneng Silicon Technology Development Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of GCL Technology, brought online an additional production capacity of 30,000 tons of FBR granular silicon. The new 30,000-ton project in Xuzhou began construction on October 26, 2021, and it was able to go into operation just 8 months later. Together with the 30,000-ton project at the Xuzhou facility that has already been fully operational, the production capacity of FBR granular silicon has officially entered the \"6.0 era\". It has become the largest single-scale particle silicon R&D and manufacturing complex in the world to date. Meanwhile, GCL Technology’s base in Leshan, Sichuan, is also set to go into operation gradually as planned, which will lead to a significant increase in the company’s market share in FBR granular silicon. GCL Technology has planned to build several 100,000-ton-scale granular silicon production facilities in Inner Mongolia, Sichuan, and Jiangsu respectively, creating a tripartite structure. The company’s total silicon production capacity will reach 360,000 tons this year, of which 260,000 tons will be in the form of granular silicon. It holds orders for over 700,000 tons of silicon, enabling seamless integration between production and sales and rapid coordination between the two processes. With the successive commissioning of a series of granular silicon projects in regions such as Jiangsu, Sichuan, and Inner Mongolia, the strong demand for polysilicon in the market will be greatly alleviated. This will further strengthen the position of FBR granular silicon in the photovoltaic materials market, having a profound impact on the global photovoltaic industry landscape.