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Frontier mentality

Japan: coming through the module glut unscathed is no mean feat for a thin film manufacturer, but Solar Frontier has long turned expectation on its head. 2014 saw the firm travel along its own path in how it develops projects, moves its CIGS technology forward, releases differentiated products, and looks to the international market.

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Jonathan Gifford

11 Feb 2015

Global solar manufacturing is back in growth mode. In 2015, IHS estimates that around 8 GW of PV module manufacturing capacity will be added throughout the year, taking worldwide output capacity to around 78.5 GW (expected output 57.6 GW). This truly is quite a turnaround from 2012 and 2013 when overcapacity was a feature of …

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