Solar Meets Glass conference a success

More than 150 representatives from the glass and solar industry gathered at the second "Solar Meets Glass: Industry Summit for Quality, Logisitics and Material," April 13. Held as part of the third Photovoltaics Thin-Film Week at the Berlin Adlershof Technology Park in Germany, the event was organized by Messe Düsseldorf and Solarpraxis AG.

This year, the conferencefocused on quality, logistics and materials, specifically in regards to interfaces between the glass and solar industries. "We consciously decided to put the emphasis on thin-film PV, as glass is a material of absolutely vital importance for a variety of reasons," said Hans Werner Reinhard, deputy managing director for Messe Düsseldorf, in an April 28 release.

Messe Düsseldorf and Solarpraxis AGwill work together again in 2012, when the next Solar Meets Glass conference will be held as part of the Photovoltaics Thin-Film Week at the Adlershof Technology Park in Berlin.