Featured in Nothing cheaper under the sun – 01-2021

No dummies as Chase cuts through solar’s jargon

There’s more to read in the solar world than pv magazine alone, as much as we may hate to admit it. Looking back across some of the industry’s seminal works, leading analyst Jenny Chase’s 2019 book is too valuable, and entertaining, to be ignored.

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Jonathan Gifford

15 Jan 2021

Jenny Chase | Photo: pv magazine/Dave Tacon

For a clear-eyed analyst, it was obvious for all to see: High polysilicon prices were keeping module costs above the learning curve and surging demand from Spain and then Germany was propping up prices. Additionally, the high prices were allowing non-Asian crystalline-silicon manufacturers to remain viable, despite their higher production costs. Once this equilibrium no …

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