Featured in Distributed bliss – 06-2022

European equipment revitalization

After close to a decade of vigorous competition from newer Chinese rivals, European production equipment suppliers may be on the verge of a new dawn. That was certainly the sentiment at the Intersolar Europe trade fair in May, with the Enel heterojunction project providing gigawatts of hope.

By

Jonathan Gifford

24 Jun 2022

Robert Gaiser, the sales director for PV at Robert Bürkle, speaks with pv magazine’s Frederike Egerer at Intersolar Europe. | Image: pv magazine/Julia Malcher

A change can come about fast. In recent years, the production equipment supplier hall at the Intersolar Europe trade show in Munich had been an opportunity for some quiet time away from the bustling crowds. A visit was a chance to catch up on manufacturing trends and meet with fellow solar-industry travelers, without being bothered by …

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