First Solar Innovates: Bifacial CdTe Thin-Film Solar Panel

• First Solar has developed the first bifacial solar panel using their CdTe thin-film technology. Transparent back contact technology offers bifacial energy gain & lower operational temperature. First Solar investing $370 million in R&D innovation center for thin-film & tandem PV module production.

First Solar has developed the first bifacial solar panel using its CdTe thin-film technology. This fully functional pre-commercial Series 6 Plus Bifacial module features transparent back contact technology, which enables bifacial energy gain and allows infrared wavelengths of light to pass through rather than be absorbed as heat. The module is undergoing field and laboratory testing, and is expected to lower the operational temperature and result in a higher specific energy yield. First Solar has also invested $370 million into a new R&D innovation center to be completed in 2024, which will feature a high-tech pilot manufacturing line for the production of thin-film and tandem PV modules.

Can Bifacial CdTe Panels Revolutionize Solar?

• First Solar has developed the first bifacial solar panel using its CdTe thin-film technology
• Fully functional pre-commercial Series 6 Plus Bifacial module features transparent back contact technology
• Transparent back contact technology enables bifacial energy gain and allows infrared wavelengths of light to pass through
• Field and laboratory testing of module expected to lower the operational temperature and result in higher specific energy yield
• First Solar has invested $370 million into a new R&D innovation center, to be completed in 2024
• High-tech pilot manufacturing line to be featured in new R&D innovation center for production of thin-film and tandem PV modules