Featured in Looking forward – 08-2012

Tech investment

Chinese cooperation: To produce high efficiency PV modules, relationships between producers, who are predominantly Chinese, and technology providers are becoming ever more important.

To avoid future Evergreens and Solyndras, tomorrow’s PV winners need to focus on innovative PV technologies that address cost per watt ($/W) as the single most important metric, according to technology analyst firm Lux Research. Higher efficiency panels produce more power, reducing the cost of commodity materials on a $/W basis. According to Lux, a …

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