SGG ALBARINO - a specific glass
Stable and resilient, SGG ALBARINO is used for assembling and protecting semi-conductor cells which are the main components of solar panels.
Over the past five years, the photovoltaic market has grown at an average rate of 40% a year. For Saint-Gobain's Flat Glass Sector, this is a market with great potential. Because when you talk about photovoltaics, you also talk about glass.
At the beginning of the 2000 decade, Saint-Gobain Glass launched a R&D project in Germany which resulted in the creation of a glass specially dedicated to photovoltaic applications - SGG ALBARINO. Its texture (rough surface) increases its light transmitting capacity, as does its chemical composition and more specifically its low iron oxide content (which reduces absorption).
The SGG ALBARINO range includes four products with different textures designed to meet all the solar energy industry's needs.
This glass is mainly manufactured and transformed in Germany and China which supply the fast-growing European and Asian markets.
