Featured in New era for US solar – 02-2017

What comes after PERC?

Upgrade cycles: Having conducted extensive along the PV value chain, and numerous interviews with equipment suppliers and PV manufacturers, Götz Fishbeck, CEO at Smart Solar Consulting, shares his conclusions regarding the future investment in novel cell technologies, and the outlook for additions of cell capacities.

During the current investment cycle of the solar value chain, which picked up in 2014 and is still ongoing, there is one technology that clearly dominates the investment decisions: PERC technology.With the PERC upgrade cycle still in full swing as several announcements of equipment supplier Meyer Burger for new PERC upgrades in January 2017 highlights …

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