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In conversation: On prices, technology and 2019 trends

A maturing PV market does not automatically deliver certainty in terms of technology roadmaps and industry dynamics. Crystalizing trends and anticipating developments is the business of analysts, so pv magazine assembled four of solar’s best to talk about prices, technology and market-defining policy developments.

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Jonathan Gifford

20 Aug 2019

Monocrystalline technology on display at this year’s SNEC show in Shanghai. Analysts are in agreement that monocrystalline cells in various module configurations will continue to gain market share and represent the future of the industry. | Image: pv magazine/Dave Tacon

The last decade in PV has been marked by a pronounced and in some ways defining feature: dramatic reductions in module prices. While it has delivered much pain for manufacturers and other companies across the module supply chain, it has also underpinned the record setting project prices and the highly competitive position solar enjoys today. …

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