TSMC Solar Ltd. (Taichung, Taiwan) on April 28th, 2015 announced confirmation by TUV SUD that its latest commercial-sized (1.09 m2) CIGS champion C2 solar photovoltaic (PV) panel has achieved 16.5% total module area efficiency.
This improves on TSMC Solar's previous record of 15.7% set in 2013. The module was produced using the current manufacturing equipment and materials at the company's manufacturing facility in Taichung, Taiwan, TSMC Solar emphasizes.
Current production provides an average 14.7% module efficiency
“We continue to prove our ability to develop record-setting process improvements in full-size modules. By bringing past innovations to mass production, our current production line efficiency has improved to an average 14.7% module efficiency,” said Chia-Hsiang Chen, President of TSMC Solar.
TSMC Solar also announced the introduction of its new TS-CIGS Series Model C2 HV module with nameplate power spanning 150 W–165 W. Certified by UL for 1,000 volt system operation, the high- modules have a double-glass module design and are produced with 100% electroluminescence (EL) quality screening.
“Our tariff-free Model C2 HV modules are designed for the North America MW-scale market, delivering high energy yield, low system costs and high reliability,” said Marc Spaulding, TSMC Solar Worldwide Sales & Marketing VP.
2015-04-28 | Courtesy: TSMC Solar | solarserver.com © Heindl Server GmbH
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