Silicon prices from major producers have declined almost 20 percent over the past few months and, while a couple of producers maintain they are holding fast, the fact that most have reduced prices will be pressure enough to create equilibrium on the low end. As to pricing trends in 2010, our network thinks silicon prices will hold steady into Q1-10 as wafer/cell/module vendors buy raw material in preparation for Q2-10 demand from Germany (especially if they expect a FiT reduction on July 1). Past that, however, raw material purchases are expected to slow by May 2010, at which point prices will soften again as it takes about 2 months for polysilicon to be converted to modules.

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