“European manufacturers of solar cells and modules arehaving great difficulties to survive in the current crisis of the sector,” theFreiburg-based Fraunhofer ISE institute said. But it claimed that European solarresearch institutes, manufacturers and materialscontinue to have a technological edge.

“Without a close cooperation with strong clients in Europe,their independence and production sites are increasingly endangered, however.The xGWp-consortium meets that challenge with a new concept.”

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