What technologies dominate the solar PV market?

Currently, two global technologies dominate the solar PV market: crystalline silicon (c-Si) modules, accounting for over 95 per cent of global production, and cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin film PV technology. The U.S. (and the company First Solar) is the leading manufacturer for the latter type of technology.

What is the Dutch solar PV industry?

Developments of the Dutch solar PV industry closely followed the European solar PV industry. However, in time, the Dutch industry will focus more on a niche market with aesthetic, thin-film, flexible solar panels that are suitable to integrate into buildings to expand solar capacity while saving space.

Can Industrial Clusters help achieve energy transition roadmap?

Industrial clusters, as important centres of industrial activity and trade nodes, could further their collaboration with public bodies in support of achieving their energy transition roadmap.

What can industrial clusters do?

Unleashing the Full Potential of Industrial Clusters: Infrastructure Solutions for Clean Energies 16 Clusters can expand their collaboration with public authorities to inform strategies, policy frameworks, enabling measures and funding aligned with industry needs and the energy transition.

Is the Netherlands a good place to integrate solar PV modules?

The Netherlands holds a unique position in the integration of PV modules in the built environment. Through desk research and interviews with industry experts we address relevant market failures that affect the European solar PV supply chain and provide strategic perspectives for rebuilding it.

Can the Netherlands reshore the global PV manufacturing market?

However, as the Netherlands has but a tiny share of the global PV manufacturing market and cannot reshore the whole value chain, European and international collaboration is essential. Thirdly, and again somewhat related to the former, ensuring a stable and cost-effective supply of materials is important.