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By Steffan Weiser, Senior Strategy Consultant, IBM Plant Location International<\/p>\n

Climate change, oil shortage, green energy, energy security \u2013 these are some of the global `mega\u00b4-topics currently dominating the agenda in the news, in politics and in private lives. One of the industries that has most profited from the ever-growing consciousness about the need to de-carbonize current energy use is the photovoltaic industry. With this economic background, the photovoltaic industry has experienced impressive growth rates in the last decade and is expected to grow at 30% per year over at least the next couple of years. Since its upswing, it has become a multi-billion dollar industry and subject to speculation on stock exchanges worldwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Climate change, oil shortage, green energy, energy security \u2013 these are some of the global `mega\u00b4-topics currently dominating the agenda in the news, in politics and in private lives. One of the industries that has most profited from the ever-growing consciousness about the need to de-carbonize current energy use is the photovoltaic industry. With this economic background, the photovoltaic industry has experienced impressive growth rates in the last decade and is expected to grow at 30% per year over at least the next couple of years. Since its upswing, it has become a multi-billion dollar industry and subject to speculation on stock exchanges worldwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28811,"template":"","paywall-tags":[8671],"technical-papers-categories":[2932,2921],"class_list":["post-12492","technical-papers","type-technical-papers","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","paywall-tags-premium","technical-papers-categories-fab-facilities","technical-papers-categories-photovoltaics-international-papers"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSite selection in the photovoltaic industry - PV Tech<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pv-tech.org\/technical-papers\/site-selection-in-the-photovoltaic-industry\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Site selection in the photovoltaic industry\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Climate change, oil shortage, green energy, energy security \u2013 these are some of the global `mega\u00b4-topics currently dominating the agenda in the news, in politics and in private lives. 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