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Next steps for HJT

There is movement in the heterojunction space, but will it be enough to surpass PERC’s momentum? New production lines show promise, but they might also be the last roll of the dice for Swiss production equipment supplier Meyer Burger.

By

Jonathan Gifford

16 Sep 2019

Image: GS Solar

It is considered conventional wisdom among some in the PV production community that for technology upgrades, PERC including TOPCon is the obvious choice, while for greenfield projects, the only way is heterojunction (HJT). But as the 2019 PV market heads toward its final quarter, it remains unclear whether this technology dynamic is self evident.One major …

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