In this podcast, Greentech Media CEO Scott Clavenna talks with Andrew Gabor, solar PV technology expert and author of the GTM Research report Innovations in Crystalline Silicon PV 2013: Markets, Strategies and Leaders in Nine Technology Areas about how innovations all along the PV manufacturing value chain can lower costs, improve efficiency and increase reliability -- all necessary ingredients for struggling solar companies to stay competitive in this challenging market.

Gabor asks whether today's solar manufacturing firms can afford not to invest in advanced solar manufacturing.

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