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The next bottleneck

Europe needs to build a solar industry across the entire value chain, including glass, argues Erich Merkle, the CEO of GridParity and a member of the Solar Glass Alliance. When people talk about the PV value chain, they often forget solar glass, which is the heaviest component, accounting for up to 80% of the weight of a standard PV module.

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pv magazine

06 May 2022

Image: Borosil Renewables

While work is ongoing to build up solar glass manufacturing capacity in places like China, no new projects have been announced in Europe. Indeed, while Europe’s value chain vacillates, China refuses to wait. In July 2021, Germany-based Grenzebach Group reported that it had received orders from China for more than 160 pattern glass production lines, …

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