Featured in Blue-sky thinking – 07-2014

Slimmed down, but solidified

Thin film PV: Edward Cahill, Analyst at Lux Research, gives an overview of the solar thin film competitive landscape.

Thin film companies have gone through hard times over the past few years as crystalline silicon manufacturers in Asia ramped up production at an unexpectedly rapid rate before 2012, crashing PV module prices around the world. The temporary boom in financing of innovative thin film startups quickly transitioned into bankruptcies or acquisitions at fire-sale rates.However, …

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