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Printed Electronics Europe 2012
Printed Electronics World
7 Sep 2010  |  United States

14% efficiency with commercial-scale CIGS thin film solar modules

Zoom14% efficiency with commercial-scale CIGS thin film solar modules
MiaSolé, a manufacturer of copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic solar panels, today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) independently confirmed the 14.3% efficiency of its large area production modules (1 square meter in size).
 
14.3% module efficiency is the highest independently confirmed efficiency for any commercial scale CIGS module technology.
 
"We are pleased that we continue to make progress in the execution of our technology, cost reduction and manufacturing roadmaps," said Dr. Joseph Laia, CEO of MiaSolé.
 
MiaSolé now offers bank financeable solar modules with efficiency comparable to polysilicon combined with lower manufacturing costs of thin-film modules.
 
The unique manufacturing process deposits CIGS on a flexible stainless steel substrate and produces all of the layers required for its highly efficient solar cell in a single continuous process. MiaSolé is the only thin-film solar company that uses sputtering processes every step of the way for coating the solar modules, thereby reducing manufacturing time and cost of production.
 
6.5MW was shipped out in the first half of this year, and the company plan to ship 22MW in 2010. The products are designed for utilities and independent power producers to use in industrial scale deployments such as large-scale rooftop and ground mount installations.
 
IDTechEx notes that with applications where light weight is paramount, such as ETH Zurich solar aircraft, this advance will be of particular interest.
 
 
Source: MiaSolé
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08 Sep 2010
Dilip Joshi
We are interested to set up CIGS solar panel manufacturing unit in India in joint venture /collaboration with any foreign party. Hence we would like to know more about above manufacturing process. We also want some more details of Miasole. Will they support us insetting unit in India. What shall be cost of project of 10 MW CIGS manufacturing unit? We are ready to give complete turnkey project for above unit.