First Solar, Inc. announced Jan. 17 that it set a new world record for cadmium-telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic solar module efficiency, achieving 14.4 percent total area efficiency.
First Solar, Inc. announced Jan. 17 that it set a new world record for cadmium-telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic solar module efficiency, achieving 14.4 percent total area efficiency.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s National renewable Energy Lab confirmed the record, which eclipsed the prior record of 13.4 percent also set by First Solar.
The record performance was announced at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi by First Solar’s Chief Technology Officer Dave Eaglesham, just six months after the company set the world record for CdTe solar cell efficiency with a mark of 17.3 percent.
Source: Fox Toledo.com