Big PV manufacturers zero in on efficiency
August 2, 2011
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The cost-cutting leaders -- Chinese and Taiwanese PV suppliers -- are now looking to increase photovoltaics efficiency. But will the high up-front costs be worth the incremental improvements in efficiency? August 2, 2011 -- Chinese and Taiwanese solar-cell manufacturers have mainly focused on driving down photovoltaic manufacturing costs to-date, but are now looking to drive up conversion efficiency -- the amount of sunlight converted to electricity by a PV technology, according to PHOTON Consulting. Big upfront investments in new processes currently yield incremental improvements at the module level. Subscribe to Photovoltaics World Follow Photovoltaics World on Twitter.com via editors Pete Singer, twitter.com/PetesTweetsPW and Debra Vogler, twitter.com/dvogler_PV_semi. |
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