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First Solar Series 6 CuRe Has Industry’s Lowest Warranted Degradation Rate

Offers 0.2% annual warranted degradation rate; up to 60% lower than conventional c-Si products.

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By: Anthony Locicero

Copy editor, New York Post

Series 6 CuRe, the next-generation photovoltaic (PV) technology developed by First Solar, Inc., has a warranted degradation rate of 0.2% per year, the lowest rate for any commercially available PV product today based on publicly available information, the company announced.   This unprecedented degradation rate is up to 60% lower than conventional crystalline silicon (c-Si) products and ensures that the module will retain at least 92% of its original performance at the end of its 30-year war...

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