Long overshadowed by other thin-film technologies, a number of CIGS players – such as Solar Frontier, Solibro and Avancis – are finally starting to establish significant footprints in the PV market, and the CIGS market is on track to nearly double to $2.35bn and 2.3GW by 2015, says Lux Research.

“Manufacturers have begun ramping meaningful capacities, and there have been tremendous improvements in module efficiency,” says Lux analyst Pallavi Madakasira.

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