How Solar Manufacturers Can Innovate in a High-Capex, Low-Margin Environment

Ran Fu; Kelsey Horowitz; Michael Woodhouse; Tonio Buonassisi; I. Peters; Douglas Powell

How Solar Manufacturers Can Innovate in a High-Capex, Low-Margin Environment

Ran Fu, Kelsey Horowitz, Michael Woodhouse, Tonio Buonassisi, I. Peters, Douglas Powell

Strategic Energy Analysis Center

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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This article summarizes the main challenges and opportunities in the solar industry in terms of its capital expenditures (CAPEX). Industry innovation is very related to CAPEX.

Original language	American English
Journal	PV News
State	Published - 2016

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Available from GreenTech Media: http://www.greentechmedia.com/

NREL Publication Number

NREL/JA-6A20-65153

Keywords

CAPEX
innovation
margin
solar manufacturing

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