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|0.82 g/m<sup>2</sup> <ref>Grandell, Leena & Thorenz, Andrea, 2014. "Silver supply risk analysis for the solar sector," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 69(C), pages 157-165.<br />Quote: <q>"This estimate is based on a very low silver content (0.82 g/m^2), which already reflects a technical approach to reduce silver consumption, such as the 'wrap through technology' or substitution of silver with copper, both of which are currently in development stage."</q><br />Note: Since the article is from 2014, maybe lower-silver options are available now. Also, the article doesn't really specify which solar panel technologies use this amount of silver.</ref> | |0.82 g/m<sup>2</sup> <ref>Grandell, Leena & Thorenz, Andrea, 2014. "Silver supply risk analysis for the solar sector," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 69(C), pages 157-165.<br />Quote: <q>"This estimate is based on a very low silver content (0.82 g/m^2), which already reflects a technical approach to reduce silver consumption, such as the 'wrap through technology' or substitution of silver with copper, both of which are currently in development stage."</q><br /><small>{{light|Note: Since the article is from 2014, maybe lower-silver options are available now. Also, the article doesn't really specify which solar panel technologies use this amount of silver.}}</small></ref> | ||
|62% <ref>Silver reserves: 500,000 tonnes<br />https://www.statista.com/statistics/1114842/global-silver-reserves/</ref> | |62% <ref>Silver reserves: 500,000 tonnes<br />https://www.statista.com/statistics/1114842/global-silver-reserves/</ref> | ||
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