Featured in Automation in motion – 05-2010

PV production under the microscope

Over the years, scientists of the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have made many important breakthroughs in their solar PV laboratories. However, making those breakthroughs commercial projects has often proven to be painfully slow. They are hoping their newest facility will help close that gap by integrating the best scientific precision measuring devices into a simulated industrial production line.

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pv magazine

17 Sep 2010

Two years ago NREL scientists set a world record by creating a tiny CIGS cell that converted twenty percent of the solar energy it absorbed to electricity. That efficiency level could go a long way to make PV installations more affordable. But the challenge is to layer that technology on a commercial CIGS thin film …

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