NexWafe wafer deposition slashes electricity when making solar

This week we spoke to Davor Sutija, CEO of NexWafe, a German company which uniquely manufactures photovoltaic silicon wafers in a vapor deposition process. In the context of the Inflation Reduction Act and equivalent European Union policies, the 60-employee company is now able to commercialize, with its first products to hit the market within 24 months. Shortly before our interview the company announced it had raised $32.1 million for construction of its first commercial facility at an industrial site in Bitterfeld south of Berlin – in the “Solar Valley” which has lain mostly abandoned since China took over the industry a decade ago. That region is also a favoured location for other companies reviving Western manufacturing including Q Cells, Meyer…