Featured in On the right track – 11-2015

PV market reversal: pro-mono?

China monocrystalline: Solar was birthed in mono, but the cost advantages brought by multicrystalline silicon saw it fall out of favor as the industry grew. But there are noticeable winds of change blowing through China right now, with mono’s numerous advantages becoming ever clearer as costs fall.

Ever since the solar market dominance of multicrystalline silicon came to shape the PV industry from around 2005 onwards, the use of mono subsided sharply. However, there have been strong signals in recent months that monocrystalline silicon is on the route to market prominence once more – a trend reversal that has been noted by …

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