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Flexible horizon

Thin film: whether CIGS, amorphous silicon or CdTe, thin film manufacturers continued to lose market share to c-Si rivals in 2013. However, there are still some opportunities that remain closed to crystalline silicon modules, and flexible thin film modules may be able to occupy that space.

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Jonathan Gifford

06 Jan 2014

In October 2012, Solar Curator and industry marketer Tom Cheyney was excited to observe a Hollywood vision of the future for PV. In the James Cameron film Looper, set in a dystopian future some 30 years from today, he observed “prolific amounts of rooftop solar.” More excitedly, Cheyney observed that “most of the cars and …

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