thin film modules

First Solar secures 2GW order from Longroad Energy for thin-film PV modules, increasing total purchase to near 8GW. Longroad Energy Co-Founder & COO shares values & vision for sustainable energy future and First Solar sets up fifth factory in Louisiana.

Organic solar cells, with their flexibility and enhanced conversion rates, have the potential to take solar to places it has actually not been seen in yet. With the current cells promising the solar efficiency of silicon cells from a decade back, it is an excellent bet that we will certainly see some success stories soon.

' Solar Module Super League' (SMSL) participant First Solar has actually anticipated web sales for 2020 to be in the series of US$ 2.7 billion to US$ 2.9 billion, contrasted to reporting 2019 sales of US$ 3,063 billion.

Two of Germany’s leading research institutes and a CIGS module maker have announced plans to work on the development of perovskite-CIGS tandem cells with a target of producing thin film modules with better than 30% efficiency.