India-based PV manufacturer, Vikram Solar is considering a technology collaboration with Finish firm Cencorp in respect to its Metal Wrap Through (MWT) solar cell and Conductive Back Sheet (CBS) based PV module technology.
According to Cencorp, both parties have a signed a ‘term sheet’ for six-months from February 7, 2014 to further discussion in respect to the technology and business issues surrounding due diligence.
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Cencorp assembled its first PV module with conductive back sheet material as part of a plan to offer the technology to PV manufacturers back in May, 2013.
In 2012, the company acquired the conductive backsheet business unit of Avery Dennison and Sunweb Solar Energy’s IP related to MWT and a related pilot production line.
Vikram Solar has around 150MW nameplate module capacity in India.
