Featured in The quality issue – 04-2018

The new rising stars

Module technology trends: In the past decade, continued technology advances and cost improvements made solar one of the most dynamic industries of our time, as it continues to make a significant and growing contribution to the global supply of electricity. Technological innovation is taking place in a context of extreme price competition among solar manufacturers, which explains the focus on cost control.

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pv magazine

18 Jun 2018

A PERC solar module. | Image: pv magazine/Dave Tacon

The average efficiency of commercial silicon modules has improved in recent years, in the range of 0.3 to 0.4 percentage points per year. These gains have taken place in a very competitive environment, since module production costs have fallen more than 70% in just the last six years. New module technologies Recent and ongoing attempts to …

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