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Silicon and Solar photovoltaics

Solar photovoltaics needs silicon.

Silicon (commodity) and Solar photovoltaics (energy): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Material need

Physical flow · Direct · Silicon → Solar photovoltaics

Building or running Solar photovoltaics needs silicon.

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.