Featured in Contactless prowess – 06-2011

Take control

Process control: Important tools to reduce the balance of system costs in PV manufacturing are the use of advanced optical defect inspection systems and surface metrology systems, in combination with a comprehensive process control methodology, explains Pieter Vandewalle of KLA-Tencor Corporation.

Government incentives are not sustainable in the long run, because they are subject to policy shifts that can potentially cause disruptions in the deployment process. Therefore the PV industry must drive down the overall cost of solar energy deployment. Key factors to reduce the balance of system costs in PV manufacturing include the use of …

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