Major Chinese makers of LCD panels, power batteries and solar cells are seeing their production constrained by the ongoing power restrictions in the southwestern province of Sichuan, a major manufacturing hub for the segments and other electronics supply chains, according to industry sources.
The government of Sichuan Province, western China, has ordered factories there to temporarily stop production as the industrial power supply is suspended for being shifted to supply for households and other users, and this is likely to affect China’s production of polysilicon because many polysilicon factories are in the province, according to China-based media reports.