Total production costs for mono PERC c-Si solar components by input, 2022

Notes

ASEAN = Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Values exclude subsidies as well as additional costs such as transportation, company profits, taxes and tariffs. Thus, total cost inputs may not match final market sale prices. Polysilicon prices include the processing of metallurgical-grade silicon. The following prices from June 2021-May 2022 were used in this analysis: glass, USD 590/Mt; aluminium, USD 2 875/Mt; polymers, USD 6 000/Mt; silica sand (quartz), USD 100/Mt; copper, USD 9 680/Mt; silver, USD 760/kg; zinc, USD 3 520/Mt; lead, USD 2 330/Mt; tin, USD 38 950/Mt; other, USD 18 700/Mt.