Abound Solar, a leading manufacturer of next-generation thin-film cadmium telluride photovoltaic modules, announced the production of 82.8W modules at their Longmont, CO factory. The 82.8W module represents a 12.2 percent aperture efficiency and is being verified by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL). The first 82W module was produced in early January 2012 on existing production equipment, and several hundred modules reaching that wattage have been manu...