Global Solar Energy’s Flexible Thin Film CIGS Achieves 13.2 Percent Efficiency
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March 1, 2010... Global Solar Energy reports that the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), has confirmed 13.2 percent aperture area efficiency for its CIGS thin film module on a flexible substrate. Global Solar claims that it is the first manufacturer to exceed the 13 percent milestone using thin film on a flexible substrate. The company says that the benchmark advances the thin film photovoltaic market and underscores its leadership as the only manufacturer of Copper Indium Gallium diSelenide (CIGS) cells on a flexible substrate in full-scale production.

“Global Solar Energy is the first company to exceed the 13 percent efficiency target using thin films on a flexible stainless steel substrate, and joins a small number of PV companies who have met this high efficiency milestone for large thin film power modules,” said Dr. Ryne P. Raffaelle, Director of NREL’s National Center for Photovoltaics. “This result is remarkable, given that the module was made using standard production equipment and manufacturing processes at Global Solar Energy.”

Global Solar Energy, a manufacturer of high-efficiency CIGS solar products, has reportedly been selling CIGS thin-film products on a flexible substrate for over six years. The company boasts that it has brought CIGS technology to a variety of applications from portable solar chargers, to traditional glass modules, to next generation building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) products. Global Solar News Release

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