PV Industry Outsourcing is a Secret No More

![][1] Shocking though it may be, outsourcing is commonplace in the PV industry. Basically, with outsourcing Manufacturer A buys cells or modules from Manufacturer B and both report the outsourced product as in-house production. Outsourcing, which, pardon the cliché, is as old as the hills, has led to a systematic oversizing of the photovoltaic industry. The practice of oversizing also includes module assembler production – referring to module assemblers who do not develop or manufacturer photovoltaic technology in-house. Again, outsourcing is common to all industries that manufacture widgets of any type, and has been practiced by the photovoltaic industry for its entire kilowatt-to-gigawatt size history.

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