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Europe’s PV researchers stake future on the power of joined-up thinking

March 10, 2015
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By Ben Willis, Head of Content, Solar Media

Sophia, a four-year European Commission-funded project to promote coordination across the EU's PV research community came to an end in January. With 20 partners drawn from industry and academia, the project appears to have fulfilled its aims of fostering greater collaboration. But with Europe's PV manufacturing industry facing a dire predicament in the face of competition from Asia, is it too little, too late?

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