The production capacity of polysilicon used in ingot production in 2021 is 710,000 tons all over the world. 610,000 tons of this capacity is produced in China. Three big companies based in Germany, Norway and America meet this remaining production outside of China.

The center of the world's photovoltaic industry is China… Therefore, like the other components of the industry, the largest photovoltaic glass producers in the world also produce in China. The Chinese government has restricted imports of many raw materials in order to protect producers with value-added output.

According to the report prepared by the International Energy Agency (IEA) in July 2020 with the IMF; Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, global energy demand was expected to decrease by 6% in 2020 compared to the previous year, but electricity from renewable energy sources was expected to increase by 5%.