Q-Cells, Germany's largest wafer manufacturer (the wafer is the step between the refined silicon and the finished solar cell) has seen its market value drop by half over the past year.

德国最大的太阳能多晶硅电池生产厂商Q - Cells(多晶硅制造是介于精制硅和成本太阳能之间的工序)，其市场价值在过去的一年已经下跌一半。

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The Spanish crash hit silicon-wafer producers, the manufacturers of equipment for solar-cell producers and the makers of cells across the world.

西班牙市场的坍塌影响了全世界的硅片生产商，太阳能电池板生产商和电池板生产商。

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To introduce a number projects on the scale of the wafer, solar cells, module, thin-film batteries and photovoltaic end-use applications products into the zone.

一是引进一批上规模的晶硅片、太阳能电池、组件、薄膜电池及终端应用产品等光伏主业项目。

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The firm also sells imaging and infrared detector products that SunPower makes using its thin-wafer manufacturing process for solar cells.

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Further, if the basic input to making a solar cell, that Si wafer, has become cheaper then of course we expect the cells themselves, and the panels made from them, to also fall in price.

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The technology is based on highly efficient solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) wafer fabrication methods, including key nanotechnology elements, and is fueled by recyclable high energy power cartridges, or pods.

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