LG Electronics introduces 370 W 'paving' panel with 21.4% efficiency

• The PV maker wants to modernize its production procedures in South Korea to broaden premium module output. It has actually likewise announced a new 400 W+ panel.

South Korean PV module manufacturer LG Electronics, as part of initiatives to expand its costs solar panel company, has launched a 60-cell, 370 W module with an efficiency of 21.4%. It plans to unveil additional brand-new modules in the present quarter.

It likewise intends to upgrade its production lines in Gumi, South Korea, so they can create even more high-performance modules from following year. From the first quarter of 2021, it will certainly produce a brand-new module with more than 400 W of result at the center.

The company counts on what it calls "paving" innovation, which improves performance with marginal cell spacing. The modern technology is stated to integrate the benefits of half-cell panels and also shingled modules.

" We decided to modernize our production line to ensure sustainable growth in our solar organisation as well as to be part of the worldwide power change," claimed Michael Harre, EU vice president of solar at LG Electronics. "We want to continue shaping the future with technically leading, trusted and also extremely effective costs photovoltaic or pv items in the coming years and also aid to grasp the obstacles of sustainable energy manufacturing worldwide."