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They've been completely abandoned for a while now. If you stack the small portion of CdTe ones neatly somewhere, someone will want the Te soon enough. Lead is
by Schroedingersat 4y ago
They've been completely abandoned for a while now. If you stack the small portion of CdTe ones neatly somewhere, someone will want the Te soon enough.
Lead is already mostly phased out.
- Archelaos 4y agoThis does not seem to be the case. I googled "cdte cells market share" and immediately found a couple of Web-sites that say otherwise (although their numbers differ quite considerably): https://www.marketdataforecast.com/market-reports/cadmium-telluride-photovoltaic-market https://www.marketdataforecast.com/market-reports/cadmium-te... https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/587880725/cadmium-telluride-solar-cell-cdte-market-to-reach-usd-18-18-41-mn-by-2029-with-12-10-of-high-cagr https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/587880725/cadmium-telluride-... https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/as-demand-rises-expansion-of-market-for-cadmium-telluride-for-solar-cells-rapidly-increasing-301478230.html https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/as-demand-rises-exp...
- hwillis 4y ago6 billion in 2028 works out to <2.4% of the market. https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2022/07/14/2479494/0/en/Solar-Energy-System-Market-Size-Worth-USD-255-3-Billion-Globally-by-2028-at-20-1-CAGR-Solar-Energy-System-Industry-Report-by-Vantage-Market-Research.html https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2022/07/14/247...
- Schroedingersat 4y agoSo the highest growth projections put them at a small fraction of today's monocrystalline market a few years after it's fairly likely that there'll be yet another technology dominating because it lowers resource requirements? If you're that worried about a few grams of Cd per kW, please ban them or implement a version of WIEEE. You'll have to ban nuclear control rods and a few other things too.