Kuhi ʻia ka mākeke quartz hoʻomaʻemaʻe kiʻekiʻe o ka honua ma kahi o US $ 800 miliona ma 2019 a ke manaʻo ʻia nei e ulu i ka nui o ka ulu makahiki o 6% i ka wā wānana. Ke alakaʻi ʻia nei ka mākeke quartz hoʻomaʻemaʻe kiʻekiʻe o ka honua e ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻoihana semiconductor honua no ka quartz maʻemaʻe kiʻekiʻe. Me ka koi kiʻekiʻe no ka quartz maʻemaʻe kiʻekiʻe mai nā mea hana huahana solar, ʻo ka ʻāina ʻo Asia-Pacific ka ʻāpana nui o ka mākeke quartz hoʻomaʻemaʻe kiʻekiʻe o ka honua.
ʻO ka quartz hoʻomaʻemaʻe kiʻekiʻe he mea kūikawā kūikawā e hiki ke hoʻohanaʻia i nāʻoihana e koi ana i nāʻenehana kiʻekiʻe (e like me kaʻoihana ikehu lā). ʻO ke one quartz hoʻomaʻemaʻe kiʻekiʻe he hopena maikaʻi loa ia e hiki ke hoʻokō i nā koi e piʻi mau ana o nā kūlana maikaʻi o ka ʻoihana lā. ʻO ka ikehu lā he kumu nui o ka ikehu hou.

No laila, ua loaʻa ka manaʻo o ka ʻoihana ikehu lā. Ke hoʻokō nei kekahi mau ʻāina a puni ka honua i nā papahana solar e mālama i ka ikehu hiki ʻole ke hoʻololi. Hoʻololi ka ikehu o ka lā i ka ikehu o ka lā i ikehu uila ma o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pūnaewele photovoltaic (PV). ʻO ke one quartz maʻemaʻe kiʻekiʻe ka mea maka no ka hana ʻana i nā crucibles, i hoʻohana ʻia i ka ʻoihana cell cell solar.

Hoʻohana ʻia ka quartz maʻemaʻe kiʻekiʻe ma nā ʻano he nui e hana i nā cell c-Si a me nā modules, me nā crucibles, aniani quartz no nā paipu, nā koʻokoʻo a me nā wahine kāne make, a me ke silikoni metala. ʻO Silicon ka mea kumu o nā modules photovoltaic c-Si. Hoʻohana ʻia nā crucibles rectangular nui e hana i ka polysilicon no nā cell photovoltaic solar. Pono ka hana ʻana o ke silikoni monocrystalline i nā crucibles poepoe i hana ʻia me ka quartz solar-grade maʻemaʻe.

Ke hopohopo nui nei nā ʻāina a puni ka honua i nā mea ʻē aʻe i ka ikehu maʻemaʻe. Nui nā hoʻololi kulekele honua a me ka "Paris Agreement" i hōʻoia i ka hoʻokō i ka ikehu maʻemaʻe. No laila, manaʻo ʻia ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka ʻoihana ikehu lā e hoʻonui i ka mākeke quartz maʻemaʻe kiʻekiʻe i ka wā wānana.