PV panel raw materials? [RE-wrenches]

[Joel Davidson]

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A component of some sand is silicon, but PV cells and semi-conductor wafers are made of mined silicon ore.

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From: Darryl Thayer <daryl_solar at yahoo.com>
Sent: Jan 19, 2005 5:55 AM
To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
Subject: Re: PV panel raw materials? [RE-wrenches]

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I heard that one plant was in the Oregon, Washington
Area. The raw material is silica sand that nature
purified, and then we purifiy even further and then
grow crystals.  

Darryl

--- "Dean T. Newberry" <deant at dcn.org> wrote:

> Hi Jay,
> I too would like more information.
> As best I understand it, I have no actual source
> data, there are six 
> silicon refineries in the world, with 1 or 2 coming
> on line this year.
> Earlier this year there was a rapid expansion of
> both the semiconductor 
> and solar PV markets, which led to a supply problem.
> That supply problem is supposed to ease this year,
> but information is 
> difficult to come by.
> I recall tripping over a silicon trading marketplace
> on the web last 
> year, but cannot find a current reference for that.
> 
> Does anyone else have better information on this
> subject??
> 
> cul deant
> 
> Jay Peltz, Peltz Power wrote:
> 
> >I'm wondering where does the raw material for PV
> cells actually come from?
> >
> >I've heard that the lack of raw materials is the
> hold up to major PV
> >production expansion.
> >
> >Anybody care to comment on this?
> >
> >thanks
> >
> >jay
> >
> >peltz power



		
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