Theexploration, set to play out over the next six months, will see the twonegotiating “both business opportunites in [PV] and opportunities for ownershiparrangements between the companies”.

Helsinki-listedCencorp, majority owned by Finland’s Savcor Group, last year staked its futurelargely on the PV industry, stating its intention to take advantage of the PVindustry downturn to become a global supplier of technology related to PV cellsand their production equipment – and perhaps a module maker in its own right.

Kolkata-basedVikram is one of India’s largest module makers, with 150MW of domesticcapacity, and has also transformed into a significant project developer in thatcountry.

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