Featured in 20 Array Changers – 06-2016

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PV industry supply transition: The hurdles facing the solar industry are not always technical. In recent years markets have waxed and waned on the whims of government policy and mandates, and the current climate is just as restless, with manufacturing hubs increasingly fluid and footloose.

Globally the solar industry seems it’s always experiencing growing pains. Markets emerge, mature and slow, typically driven by government goals and incentives. Leading manufacturers come and go. Currently the countries that comprise Asia, Southeast Asia and West Asia possess 95% of the global capacity to manufacture crystalline and thin film cells, and consume 60% of …

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