PV-TECH’S TOP 10 STORIES OF 2009
Every year we dig deep into the archive of web statistics to rediscover the most popular news stories that have captured the attention of readers in that year. In previous years, one or two stories stand out above all others for the most page views; however, this year more than four stories have been in close contention for the ‘top spot’ and barely a cat’s whisker separates the Number 1 and Number 2 stories. In what could be a look into the real future battle of thin film, the top story for 2009 was about Nanosolar announcing its volume production plans for its unique CIGS thin film modules. A certain level of controversy had surrounded Nanosolar as the early hype had not been followed up with any concrete plans for scaling the technology and demonstrating with an order backlog that the thin film start-up could actually compete with market leader, First Solar.