Another spate of Chinese perovskite factory announcements has been made in November, with hundreds of millions of dollars of investment proposed for multi-GW cell and module factories, as well as 100 MW pilot lines. Moreover, Microquanta has seen its first tandem installation commissioned – with 500 kW built in partnership with Three Gorges Group. The question is how exactly perovskites can enter the market in the present situation in which silicon PV is cheaper, more reliable and powerful than ever before – there are many potential angles, but either they are niche enough not to have been conquered by silicon, or they are competing with silicon (via tandem), a difficult road only plausible today in markets like the US where…