Utility-scale Solar PV Plant
IN BRIEFFirst Solar has achieved 21.5% research cell conversion efficiency for cadmium-telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) as against a technology roadmap set in March 2014 that anticipated a 22% target in 2015. The research cell was fabricated at the company's Perrysburg, Ohio facility and Research & Development Centre using processes and materials suitable for commercial-scale manufacturing.
The record-setting efficiency rating was certified by the Newport Corporation's Technology and Applications Center (TAC) PV Lab and places First Solar PV ahead of its established research cell roadmap while validating CdTe's continuing competitive advantage over traditional crystalline silicon technology. The research is the result of wide collaboration between academia, national labs and our industrial partners, most notably GE Global Research.
In other news announced by the company, First Solar commercial modules have passed Atlas 25+ certification, following a rigorous series of long-term combined-stress environmental exposure tests. The achievement demonstrates that the company's focus on module durability has continued to yield results for commercially available products.
Atlas 25+ certification stresses durability against accelerated environmental conditions experienced in long-term service. According to the company, First Solar PV modules passed the Atlas 25+ stress tests for all parameters, including power output, insulation resistance and visual damage in the hot, arid, subtropical, temperate and global composite climate simulations.
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