Global Solar Energy's Thin Film CIGS Achieves 13.2 Percent Efficiency

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Posted: February 25, 2010

Global Solar Energy's Thin Film CIGS Achieves 13.2 Percent Efficiency

(Nanowerk News) Global Solar Energy has announced that the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the nation’s primary laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development, confirmed 13.2 percent aperture area efficiency for a module made by Global Solar Energy applying its production-line thin film solar material. Global Solar Energy is the first manufacturer to exceed the 13 percent milestone using thin film on a flexible substrate.

This benchmark advances the thin film photovoltaic market and underscores Global Solar Energy’s leadership as the only manufacturer of Copper Indium Gallium diSelenide (CIGS) cells on a flexible substrate in full-scale production.

“Global Solar Energy is the first company to exceed the 13 percent efficiency target using thin films on a flexible stainless steel substrate, and joins a small number of PV companies who have met this high efficiency milestone for large thin film power modules,” said Dr. Ryne P. Raffaelle, Director of NREL’s National Center for Photovoltaics.

“This result is remarkable, given that the module was made using standard production equipment and manufacturing processes at Global Solar Energy.”

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