Featured in Burning ambition – 09-2012

In search of copper

Raw materials: With the international price war at full tilt, any way to lower costs is of central importance to the photovoltaics industry. Copper is one of the most expensive base metals in the world, and the potential for cost cutting along the whole value chain is huge.

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pv magazine

05 Sep 2012

Copper producers used to claim that, “without copper, the lights go out.” That was true when the red metal conductor still held a kind of monopoly on electricity transmission. Now, however, this claim has lost its currency as more and more industries have started making efforts to replace copper cables with alternatives such as aluminum …

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