The entire solar energy industry begins upstream, with chip vendors turning the raw silicon into silicon ingots. These are cut into silicon chips, which cell manufacturers turn into cells. Module vendors turn the cells into panels, which finally go to system vendors for installation.
整個太陽光電產業從上游開始，由矽晶廠將矽材料製造成矽晶塊與矽晶棒，切割成一片片的矽晶片，再交給中游的電池製造廠商製成電池後，交由模組廠商將一顆顆的電池組合成模板，然後才交由系統廠商進行建置安裝。