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The right industry, the future of PV

Thin film: The latest wave of crystalline silicon price reductions will undoubtedly create major challenges for the remaining thin film producers to navigate. Nonetheless, Avancis’ technology may be heading towards GW of capacity in China, through its new owners CNBM. With the building materials giant in the background, Franz Karg believes the BIPV market is about to be cracked.

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Jonathan Gifford

06 Feb 2017

One of the real highlights of 2016 was the announcement that Avancis technology will be produced at volumes never before seen. A series of production equipment contracts were signed to this effect. What did this mean and how did it come about?It is a scale up of our technology that is mature enough to be …

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