Featured in The quality issue – 04-2018

Mitigating and minimizing risk

Materials: Investor confidence is key to solar’s success today and into the future. So argues DuPont, which has been a key driver of the discussion of quality when it comes to materials, components, and installation. DuPont’s Stephan Padlewski believes that while discussions of quality have improved, new technologies like bifacial encapsulation require closer inspection.

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Jonathan Gifford

06 Apr 2018

Stephan Padlewski, Regional Marketing Leader, EMEA, DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions. After completing a PhD in Physics at the University of Cambridge, U.K. in 1991, Stephan Padlewski joined DuPont, where he has primarily been involved in new technology and market development initiatives in the electronics industry, with applications ranging from printed circuit boards, integrated circuitry packaging, organic light-emitting diodes, and photovoltaics.

pv magazine: What is the motivation behind DuPont’s desire to foster the discussion of quality within the PV sector?Stephan Padlewski: DuPont has been in the discussion about quality, and the importance of it, for some time. This has primarily been driven by the relevance of LCOE as a central subject matter for the PV industry. For …

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