DOE Confirms CIGS Solar Cells with 15.7 percent efficiency
Thursday, December 2nd 2010 1:45 PM
By GetSolar Staff.
Research and development at the Santa Clara, California solar manufacturer MiaSolé has successfully pushed the efficiency of its solar modules to 15.7 percent, a figure which has been confirmed by the United States Department of Energy, the company said today.
The copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin-film solar cells can be manufactured on a commercial scale and have effectively closed the efficiency gap between thin-film modules and conventional silicon photovoltaic cells.
"This is a significant accomplishment as it represents the ability to manufacture full-scale CIGS modules with efficiencies equal to or better than that of polycrystalline silicon modules available in the world today but manufactured at a thin-film cost structure," said Dr. Joseph Laia, the chief executive officer of MiaSolé. "We are pleased that we are executing ahead of our roadmap for efficiency improvements and feel confident in our ability to bring high efficiency CIGS technology to the market place."
MiaSolé primarily provides its panels to major, utility-scale and commercial installations. It plans to begin shipping modules with an efficiency of 13 percent sometime in 2011.
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Research and development at the Santa Clara, California solar manufacturer MiaSolé has successfully pushed the efficiency of its solar modules to 15.7 percent, a figure which has been confirmed by the United States Department of Energy, the company said today.
