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Industry shakeout filters out untested technologies

Equipment suppliers: Only the lowest cost and most commercially viable PV technologies will end up surviving through the brutal PV shakeout phase of 2012. Finlay Colville, Vice-President at NPD Solarbuzz tells the story of how equipment suppliers have found themselves at this difficult junction, and which way to turn next.

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pv magazine

08 Jan 2013

Media attention and industry headlines have been dominated by the misfortunes of PV manufacturers and installers during 2012. However, other casualties of a turbulent year include the actual PV technologies used by the various manufacturers across the industry value-chain. Indeed, the performance criteria for solar cells and panels during 2012 has been so stringent that …

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