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Ecology

Kaneka is environmentally conscious.

Creating a green, sustainable planet is a mission for all mankind. Kaneka knows that producing environmentally friendly products will contribute to increased profitability.

Kaneka is a member of "PV CYCLE"

PV CYCLE was founded in 2007 to show the solar panel industry’s commitment to create a voluntary recycling program for end-of-life modules and to take responsibility for solar panels throughout their entire value chain. Kaneka became a proud member of this organization in January, 2010 to address future recycling needs now.

PV CYCLE http://www.pvcycle.org/

Environmentally friendly materials

There are many reasons to consider Kaneka thin film solar panels. For example, Kaneka uses lead-free solder for our products to reduce the environmental impact of lead on our planet. Also, our products do not contain cadmium. This is a very important consideration when evaluating the environmental benefits of a solar module.

Resource Saving

Reference: G.Agostinelli, P.Choulat, Y.Ma and Guy Beaucarne, the 17th NREL Workshop on Crystalline Silicon Technology (2007)

The thickness of the Kaneka HYBRID solar cell (semiconductor layer) is about 3μ , which is about 1/70 of traditional crystalline silicon solar cells.
That means the Kaneka HYBRID solar cell uses less material and energy in mass production.

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