Panasonic Corporation has claimed the world record module efficiency title by a full 1%, achieving 23.8% aperture efficiency on an 11.5-square-centimeter research module. Japan’s Panasonic opened the ...

Nano-electronics research center imec announced today at ITF US (San Francisco, July 13, 2015), a record 11.3 percent aperture and 11.9% active area efficiency for its thin-film perovskite ...

Thin-film technologies can dramatically reduce the cost of next-generation solar modules. Whereas their production cost is low, it is in particular the combination of complementary absorber materials ...

First Solar, Inc. today announced it has set a world record for cadmium-telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) module conversion efficiency, achieving 18.6 percent aperture efficiency for an advanced full ...

Enhanced Series 3 Module Platform Certified for Desert Conditions & Field Durability; TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today announced it set a new world record for ...

“Four years ago, that was at 50% and it’s steadily increased since,” said Tristan Erion-Lorico. Image: Kiwa PVEL. A total of 83% of module manufacturers have had at least one test failure in the Kiwa ...

Amonix Inc., the US-based designer and manufacturer of concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) solar power systems, announced that it has achieved a National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) efficiency ...

In its 10th edition of the Module Reliability Scorecard, Kiwa PVEL added a new hail testing category. Image: Kiwa PVEL A record of 53 manufacturers and 388 module types have been named “Top Performers ...

TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today announced it has set yet another world record for cadmium-telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) module conversion efficiency, ...