next time you see such a system, take a good look…maybe even a picture. There’s a new kind of solar panel that could soon make today’s standard model look as old as your father’s walkman: thin-film solar panels.
Earlier this week, Global Solar Energy officials proudly announced that the CIGS technology the company developed is powering an 820-Kilowatt (kW) solar energy system for a plastics manufacturing business in Orgiano, Italy. It is the biggest CIGS rooftop solar energy system in the world.