Onspec Silicon

The reason why solar power is so expensive is because of the raw material that is used in the manufacturing process. The raw material that is so expensive is silicon, like the stuff they make microchips from. Although silicon is a relatively common material, the process needed to make it pure enough for semiconductors requires [...]

With solar manufacturing, there is a close contest to see which material will be the material of choice for Photovoltaic (PV) cell/module production. The PV module field is dominated by silicon at this point. An estimated 90% of the PV modules in use today are silicon based. There is good reason for this amount of [...]