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Manufacturers Refocus Technology Efforts Following Recent Financial Woes

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Marie Freebody, Contributing Editor, [email protected]

Overcapacity has caused financial problems in the past few years, so the solar industry has been somewhat less focused on implementing technology advances - but today things are looking up and research is being rivived. The solar market was technology driven until 2012, but then experienced a collective tightening of belts as the industry went into overcapacity in 2012 and 2013. Much of the photovoltaic manufacturing sector saw profitless prosperity the past two years, but for the last two quarters of 2013, manufacturers finally began to see a return to profitability – and...Read full article

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