Solar module efficiency poised to go up

HYDERABAD, The efficiency of modules is likely to go up by about two per cent over the next two years and it takes about three years on an average for the manufacturing process to fully adapt to the next level of efficiencies, according to Sujoy Ghosh, Country-Head, First Solar India.
 
Over the past four years, First Solar has improved its solar module efficiency faster than equivalent efficiencies improvements in Poly Crystalline Silicon technology due to continuous investment in R&D spend by the company.
 
As of February 2016, the company had produced and certified a record cell at 22.1 per cent efficiency and the record module at 19 per cent efficiency, which is higher than the record certified cell and module efficiencies as reported by poly silicon manufacturers today.

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