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First Solar Sets Another World Record for CdTe Solar PV Efficiency

Record 14.4 percent total area efficiency module confirmed by NREL

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

First Solar, Inc. announced it set a new world record for cadmium-telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) solar module efficiency, achieving 14.4 percent total area efficiency. The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) confirmed the record, which eclipsed the prior record of 13.4 percent, which also was set by First Solar. The record performance, announced at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi by First Solar chief technology officer Dave Eaglesham, comes j...

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