Singapore headquartered REC Silicon has announced that its polysilicon supply deal with Oregon-based solar startup Violet Power, which was to take effect later this year, has ended before it began. The phrase used by REC Silicon in its press release was “REC Silicon advises that the strategic partnership between REC and Violet Power (VP) announced on October 13, 2020 has been terminated.”, and Violet Power’s CEO Desari Strader subsequently asserted that “We are the ones that terminated the strategic partnership.” Strader further explained, “REC cannot be a supplier of ours because they are not producing polysilicon in Moses Lake.” REC Silicon’s facility in Moses Lake was reduced to 25% capacity in 2018, then fell dormant in 2019, a casualty of…