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Crystalline solar – announcements versus facts

Announcements about manufacturing capacity increases, often concerning p-type mono PERC, are trending these days, writes Paula Mints, Founder and Chief Analyst at SPV Market Research. This makes it a good time for a reminder: Announcements are not data. Announcements are made for calling attention to something new, re-calling attention to something previously announced, calling attention to an achievement, announcing a product release, or to take attention away from something negative – among other purposes.

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pv magazine

19 Jun 2018

During the mid-2000s when crystalline was supply-constrained, thin film technologies enjoyed an increase in share reaching a peak of 17% in 2009. Expectations for increased market share for thin films at this point were high with projections of a 30% to 40% share by 2015 common.Instead, as prices for crystalline modules decreased and conversion efficiencies …

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