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nerdralph
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Tade0
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Manufacturers already reacted and intensified efforts to replace silver in panels with copper:
https://finance-commerce.com/2026/02/solar-panels-silver-to-...
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nerdralph
2 hours ago
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I know. AIKO has been using copper in their BC cells, and LONGi is making the transition. Many TOPCon cell manufacturers are using silver-coated copper pastes, but full copper metallization is unlikely to happen in the next year or two.
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jandrese
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Even if they got stuck at that price point and never went down again it's already over. 30 years of buying natural gas can't compete with that.
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