Cadmium Telluride panels are now rapidly replacing the silicon ones in India. They will be replacing Silicon ones everywhere because there's a said environmental advantage with them.
CdTe (Cadmium telluride) technology exhibits some of the least environmental impact among solar cell technologies in India, according to a study by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mandi in Himachal Pradesh.
Cadmium Telluride panels are now rapidly replacing the silicon ones in India. They will be replacing Silicon ones everywhere because there's a said environmental advantage with them.
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/energy/iit-mandi-researchers-assess-environmental-impact-of-solar-cells-heres-what-they-found