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Panasonic breaks module conversion efficiency record by full percentage point
Panasonic Corp. is the latest module manufacturer to break the efficiency record. The company reports it has achieved a photovoltaic module conversion efficiency* of 23.8 percent** (aperture area***:...
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Researchers exceed the theoretical limit of silicon solar cells (hit 30.2...
Record-breaking cell not pictured. So, get this: Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE together with the Austrian company EV Group (EVG) say they have successfully...
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Trina Solar says it hit a new mono-crystalline PERC cell efficiency record
Feels like its been awhile since a module manufacturer touted an efficiency record. The wait is over: Trina Solar Limited announced that its State Key Laboratory of PV Science and Technology of China...
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Suntech reports 20 percent conversion efficiency of multicrystalline silicon...
Suntech, one of the world’s leading solar modules manufacturers recently announced that its highest mass production conversion efficiency of multicrystalline silicon solar cell has reached 20%. In...
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JA Solar sets new wattage record for 60-cell mono-Si PV module
JA Solar Holdings Co. says the output power of its 60-cell PV modules assembled by mono-Si PERC cells has exceeded now 325 W. The actual output power clocked in at 326.67 W as measured and certified...
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Stanford researchers working on rooftop PV array that also cools buildings...
Professor Shanhui Fan and postdoctoral scholar Wei Li atop the Packard Electrical Engineering building with the apparatus that is proving the efficacy of a double-layered solar panel. The top layer...
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