Critical Cost Reduction Targets Identified in the International Technology Roadmap for Photovoltaics
 By Bettina Weiss
Executive Director, SEMI PV Group
Last week at the PV Fab Managers Forum in Berlin, the Crystalline Silicon PV Technology and Manufacturing Group (CTM), in cooperation with SEMI PV Group released the 2010 International Technology Roadmap for Photovoltaics (ITRPV). The Roadmap identifies and targets critical technology needs and cost reduction goals for PV materials, manufacturing methods and processes.
Markus Fischer, director of R&D Processes at Q-Cells Technology department said, "We started the discussions with just nine cell manufacturing companies' one-and-a-half years ago. In the last 12 months we had 35 meetings, talks and teleconferences with experts from all along the supply chain. The 2011 edition of the International Technology Roadmap is written based on the input from approximately 40 companies and institutes, representing an enormous level of effort by the industry and significant progress in mapping key areas of improvement."
One key insight derived from the roadmapping effort is the need for cost reduction in metallization pastes used for cell processing which are "the most process critical and
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