JinkoSolar CTO Predicts Solar Module Prices to Fall Another 50% in Five Years

A module-price halving forecast from a top manufacturer's CTO matters less as a prediction than as a signal of where the industry expects its next cost curve to come from. The shift from traditional cost-cutting to base-metal substitution and AI-driven optimization implies margin pressure will persist across the supply chain rather than ease. That affects upstream material suppliers and equipment makers as much as module assemblers. Whether base-metal applications move from roadmap to commercial scale is the open question, and it is the claim worth tracking against actual shipments.