Featured in Automation in motion – 05-2010

Preparing to move out of the niche

Triple Green, part 5: Mass production of CIS modules is largely possible without heavy metals and metallurgy. Theoretically, they as such have the best chance of becoming truly “triple green” (green energy, green recycling, green manufacturing). Nevertheless, there is still some need for development before these modules can be produced in a manner both environmentally and economically sustainable.
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It’s oh so quiet. In the new factory at Odersun in Fürstenwalde, Germany things are moving along as if leprechauns were at work. Not even an hour’s drive east of Berlin narrow copper strips hum from the production line in virtual silence. A moment later and they disappear into the galvanic bath where they are …

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