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First Solar, GE Combine Forces in Solar Market

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World, Coatings World and Ink World Magazine

The solar market has grown slower than initially expected, with concerns over subsidies, overcapacity and profitability continuing to impede expansion. This has been the case throughout the mainstream (silicon-based) and thin film technologies. In terms of market share, the most successful technology has been the cadmium telluride, or CdTe, thin film solar field. Interest in CdTe for solar dates back to the 1950s, but didn’t reach commercial success until the formation of First Solar, Tempe, ...

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