List of silicon manufacturers

The list of silicon manufacturers includes manufacturers of high-purity silicon , such as is required for solar cells and wafers . Ferrosilicon (metallurgical silicon) is the starting product for the production of high- purity silicon.

Solar silicon

• GCL-Poly Energy Holdings , Hong-Kong, annual production (2016) 69,100 t
• Wacker Chemie , annual production (2016) 67,500 t
  • Charleston , Tennessee, USA
  • Nünchritz , Saxony
  • Burghausen , Bavaria
• OCI Company , annual production (2016) 49,043 t
• Xinte Energy, annual production (2016) 22,800 t
• Daqo New Energy , annual production (2016) 13,067 t
• Elkem Solar
• LDK Solar
• Hemlock Semiconductor
• Joint Solar Silicon ( Evonik and SolarWorld )
  • Rheinfelden , Baden-Wuerttemberg
• QSTec ( Qatar Solar and SolarWorld)
  • Ras Laffan , Qatar
• Renewable Energy Corporation (REC)
  • Moses Lake , Washington, USA
  • Butte , Montana, USA
• SunEdison (MEMC)
  • Pasadena , Texas, USA
  • Meran , South Tyrol, Italy (closed)
• Tokuyama
• Pure silicon plant in Dresden-Gittersee planned by the GDR

Semiconductor silicon

• LG Siltron
• Shin-Etsu Chemical
• Siltronic
• SUMCO
• SunEdison

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} The Weekend Read: Polysilicon and wafer manufacturer ranking. PV Magazine, February 24, 2018, accessed August 4, 2019 . 
2. ^ Wacker: Polysilicon
3. ^ Wacker: Charleston site
4. ↑ Brochure: From sand to module
5. ↑ QATAR SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES ( Memento of the original from September 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ^ Tokuyama: Electronic Materials Business