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Hype versus reality

2015 PV manufacturer shipments: The balancing act that is solar PV supply and demand exported its inherent hopes and anxieties ever more globally in 2015, with China firmly in the hot seat as the industry inches closer to 1 TW.

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pv magazine

11 May 2016

Growth in the solar industry is limited by its available crystalline and thin film semiconductor commercial capacity. This capacity is limited by the availability of its raw materials, specifically the crystalline and thin film cells that are the electricity producing semiconductor material. Demand for modules and systems is limited by the price of the generated …

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