New entrants to the PV manufacturing market may be more willing to adopt novel module concepts. Finland's Valoe Corporation reports that its latest deal is evidence of this trend, after signing what is its biggest equipment supply contract with a new entrant to the PV module business, based in Ethiopia. While the name of the new Ethiopian module producer has not yet been announced, Valoe says it will be initially looking to supply the emerging solar markets in East Africa. The module assembly line, with an annual capacity of between 120 and 150 MW dependent of the cells used, will be shipped this year with commercial production set to commence in 2017. Valoe claims that its MWT metallization and cell interconnection process delivers a 10 W/module boost over conventional three-busbar technology. This ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...