15 additional contracts signed with solar photovoltaic industry leaders.

New installations of solar photovoltaic panels reached 17GWp in 2010, doubling the amount installed the previous year. Leading solar panel manufacturers around the world and in Asia in particular, are therefore continuing to add significant new production capacities to cope with such growth, while pursuing vertical integration to lower their costs. Photovoltaic installations are expected to contribute approximately 5% of the worldwide electricity generation by 2020, providing greenhouse free energy to nearly 1 bn people. In this context, Air Liquide reinforced its leading position in the supply of gases and precursors to the solar photovoltaic manufacturers by signing 15 new long-term …