Having kept the name of its parent company, Nanosolar GmbH has “already initiated” preparations for its pivot away from copper, indium, gallium, selenide (CIGS) thin-film technology, a spokeswoman tells Recharge.

Yesterday California-based Nanosolar announced it will sell its factory in Luckenwalde, near Berlin, to an unnamed Swiss investor, which intends to make high-efficiency c-Si modules for the residential sector as well as its own utility-scale PV projects.

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