Featured in Solar America – 06-2010

Fit for the Roof

Thin film market overview: In the following table, over forty manufacturers list the technical data of more than 250 modules. Manufacturers have focused their attention on large-scale projects in recent years. In the meantime, several of them have discovered the small roof as a lucrative market.

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pv magazine

07 Sep 2010

If it were assessed according to the following table, silicon thin film would be the clear winner. Over two-thirds of the registered products, i.e. 170 module types, are composed of amorphous or micro-morpheme silicon, while the remainder is based on copper indium or cadmium telluride. But this weighting is deceptive. Since silicon prices have declined, …

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