The
move
will
lower
REC’s
annual
polysilicon
capacity
by
2,400
metric
tonnes
(MT)
during
the
shut-down,
affecting
46
jobs
at
its
plant
in
Moses
Lake,
Washington
state.
REC
says
will
produce
around
20,000MT
of
polysilicon
this
year
based
on
its
propriety
fluidized
bed
reactor
(FBR)
technology
–
compared
to
the
roughly
21,500MT
it
turned
out
in
total
last
year.
In
the
past,
REC
has
used
two
methods
for
producing
polysilicon.
The
widely
employed
Siemens
process,
which
has
been
in
use
by
industry
for
decades,
produces
“chunk”
polysilicon,
whereas
the
FBR
process,…
