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First Solar Sets CdTe Module Efficiency World Record, Launches Series 3 Black Module

NREL confirms 16.1 percent total area efficiency module

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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) module conversion efficiency, achieving a record 16.1% total area module efficiency in tests confirmed by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The new record is a substantial increase over the prior record of 14.4% efficiency, which the company set in January 2012. Separately, First Solar also set a record for CdTe open circuit voltage (VOC), a cr...

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