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How facilities can affect energy consumption in PV cell production

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By Martin Schottler, AVEREM; Mariska de Wild-Scholten, SmartGreenScans

The production toolset is not the only significant source of power consumption in PV cell production. Cooling water, climatization, pressurized air and, in some cases, clean-room conditions drive up the electrical energy demand, while geographical location also has an influence. The extent of this additional consumption over and above the toolset is demonstrated by a number of quantitative examples in this paper.

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