Featured in Solar springs eternal – 09-2023

Encapsulating Euro solar

Switzerland’s Meyer Burger has started manufacturing solar cells and modules at gigawatt scale at its three German sites, with plans for further expansion. Ypsator machines from Germany-based Robert Bürkle laminate the products, explains Matthias Fischer.

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pv magazine

07 Sep 2023

Bürkle’s Ypsator lamination tools feature multiple tiers, allowing more modules to be laminated at the same time, without taking up valuable floorspace. | Photo: Robert Bürkle GmbH

In the early 2000s, Freiberg and the surrounding region of eastern Germany – where many of the largest manufacturing facilities for solar and energy storage products were located – were key to Europe’s solar industry. By the mid-2010s, installations in Europe had slowed down and enormous manufacturing operations were ramping up in China, which spelled …

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