End of year spurt
Module prices: The stagnating European market and inventory clearance sales have sent prices plummeting at the end of the year.
Efficiency up, costs down
Metallization pastes: Innovative metallization pastes help to lower silver cost, while novel cell technologies and new printing techniques enable the optimization of cost and performance, explains Carsten Mohr of the Photovoltaics Business Unit of Heraeus, a precious metals and technology group based in Germany.
