Featured in Fast track to high power – 05-2021

Too big to handle

There has been a flurry of activity within the PV cell manufacturer landscape over the past 12 to 18 months, and it’s largely been in one direction: bigger. But as large-format modules arrive on the market, questions are being raised as to how long the trend can continue and when bigger becomes, quite simply, too big.

By

Jonathan Gifford

04 May 2021

The reasons behind the move to larger cells and modules appears obvious: larger cells allow manufacturers to achieve higher throughputs, although fewer pieces, on their lines. On the module front, the higher power output reduces material costs on a per-watt basis. And for project developers, as module suppliers have been clamoring to demonstrate, it …

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