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PERC potential

Though equipment suppliers in China have upped their game recently in terms of capabilities and cost structure, significant orders are still flowing through to European and U.S.-based suppliers in certain areas of manufacturing. Among these companies is RENA Technologies GmbH, which recently booked orders for 10 GW of wet chemical processing tools for PERC from three manufacturers in China. On the back of this deal, pv magazine spoke with RENA CEO Peter Schneidewind about the landscape for equipment suppliers and the future direction of technology.

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Mark Hutchins

13 Jan 2020

Peter Schneidewind, CEO of RENA Technologies. | Image: RENA Technologies

It’s encouraging to see a European supplier managing to succeed in the increasingly challenging PV equipment space. Can you tell us about any orders that RENA has announced recently?It is indeed a challenging yet exciting business for us to compete in. Our customers are three Tier 1 cell manufacturers from China ramping up their PERC-production …

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