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Objective
  Germany is playing a leading global role in photovoltaic technology. This covers the whole value-creation chain, from the manufacture of different types of photovoltaic cells to the production of modules and downstream technology to feed the electrical energy into the electricity grid. The leading position of Germany here must be continued and sustained in the long term. The following strategies can help achieve this:
Our international competitiveness for the production of photovoltaic cells and modules can be safeguarded by drastic reduction of the manufacturing costs with concomitant maintenance of high quality standards. This can be achieved by lowering the material costs, with the focus being on minimizing material usage given the ever increasing raw material costs. Another approach is to increase productivity, in particular for the production of photovoltaic cells.
Should photovoltaic technology acquire a noteworthy share of the energy mix in order to sustainably reduce the fraction of fossil fuels in the energy mix, then the high current growth in this area must be further increased. This ultimately requires the setting up of gigawatt (GW) factories.

In view of resource scarcity and issues regarding toxic substances with classical (wafer-based) photovoltaic technology, it is only thin-film technology such as GW factories which will allow this in the long term and which will allow a significant reduction in the manufacturing costs in combination with new production concepts.
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