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Minimizing material consumption

Ingot and wafer production: Are innovations that can reduce wafer production costs worth the effort?

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04 Apr 2013

With massive oversupply in the PV module industry and the continued glut of cheap polysilicon expected to last for some time yet, innovations that address upstream production in the PV value chain may seem of little value in the here and now. But it is worth remembering that the PV industry today can be seen …

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