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Volume of materials required to manufacture a solar photovoltaics plant worldwide as of 2017 (in metric tons)*

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November 2019

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Worldwide

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2017

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* Manufacturing of a one megawatt solar PV plant.

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Global materials used for a 1MW solar PV plant 2017

Published by ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Research Department, Jun 9, 2020
Globally, as of 2017, around ** metric tons of glass, ** metric tons of steel and ** metric tons of aluminum were required to manufacture a one-megawatt solar photovoltaics plant. Other materials were needed in smaller proportions, such as silicon, copper, and plastic.
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