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A messy perovskite separation

There are increasing signs that a new era for PV production in Europe may be dawning. However, two pioneers of PV technology have decided, at this moment, to part ways. And while at present there are more questions than answers, technology and business strategy both appear to have played a role.

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Jonathan Gifford

05 Oct 2021

Oxford PV has completed the build out of its factory in Brandenburg, Germany. | Image: Oxford PV

From the outside it looked like the perfect partnership. Two pioneering European PV technology companies at the forefront of crystalline silicon cell production processes and solar cell efficiency, coming together to accelerate the deployment of the most promising step-change technology. In March 2019, Meyer Burger and Oxford PV entered a “strategic partnership” and “exclusive cooperation …

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