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PERCs for all solar cell manufacturers?

PERC equipment: The global PV slowdown a few years back suppressed demand for innovation, but PERC is one technology definitely on the rise, and as demand returns, so do supply and testing challenges.

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pv magazine

27 Aug 2015

In 2006, global c-Si PV production capacity amounted to 5.5 GW, roughly 10% of today’s production capacities. Multicrystalline silicon solar cells had, on average, conversion efficiencies of 14% to 15% at that time, whereas monocrystalline cells achieved an efficiency in the range of 16% to 17%. One of the pioneers of the PV equipment industry, …

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