REC Group ready to start manufacturing of Alpha 72 Series module

• The Norwegian solar maker prepares the 72-cell variation of its Alpha Series heterojunction module for the.

Norwegian photovoltaic panel maker REC Group has actually verified it will certainly start manufacturing of its Alpha 72 Series in May. The brand-new items will certainly build on the launch of the business's 60-cell Alpha photovoltaic panel in 2014.

The high-efficiency, half-cut mono, n-type heterojunction (HJT) module is being billed as the globe's highest-powered 72-cell photovoltaic panel. The brand-new module collection has a noted power result of as much as 450 Wp as well as conversion effectiveness of 21.3%. It has a noted power thickness of 213 W/m ², offering 20% even more power than traditional panels with the very same impact, according to its producer.

The REC Alpha 72 Series is referred to as well fit to commercial and also industrial roofs and also ground-mounted installments with room limitations. Evaluating a reported 23.5 kg, the Alpha 72 Series is additionally claimed to provide among the thinnest frameworks out there, at 30mm.

One action past

The Alpha module collection was gone for Intersolar in Munich in 2014, where pv magazine talked to REC vice-president for Europe, Middle East as well as Africa sales, Ivano Zanni. He explained the Alpha Series as the following action past the firm's monocrystalline item as well as the n-type mono module. The launch of the Alpha Series complied with that of the N-Peak REC n-type mono panel and also the TwinPeak 2 Mono item.

The 60-cell Alpha panel has a noted power outcome of 380 W. That, the supplier insurance claims, converts right into power thickness of 217 W/m ², giving 20% even more power than standard panels with the exact same impact. The 60-cell module has a claimed effectiveness of 21.7%-- and also 21.4% in the black variation-- with a result of as much as 375 W. "The module supplies the very best power thickness you can obtain, a crucial truth for roofs specifically, where there are restricted square meters," stated Zanni in May.

Assembly line

Alpha Series panels are backed by REC's 25-year item guarantee-- on setups by an REC Solar expert, or else 20 years-- and also a 25-year power outcome guarantee which assures 92% of nameplate power efficiency afterwards amount of time.

The maker began automation of the Alpha Series in Singapore in October. REC claimed it spent $150 million in the 600 MW assembly line which took its yearly panel production ability to 1.8 GW. "It is a vibrant action leaping to HJT and also it is likewise really vibrant to do 600 MW in round-- yet being cutting-edge and also strong remains in REC's DNA," claimed primary innovation policeman Shankar G Sridhara.