Miasolé Exceeds 14 Percent Efficiency With Commercial-Scale CIGS Solar Modules
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Author: CompoundSemi News Staff

September 6, 2010... MiaSolé of Santa Clara, California USA, a maker of copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic solar panels announced an indepedently confirmed 14.3 percent efficiency for its 1 square meter modules. According to Miasole, the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory confirmed the results. Miasole says that 14.3 percent module efficiency is the highest independently confirmed efficiency for any commercial scale CIGS module technology.

“We are pleased that we continue to make progress in the execution of our technology, cost reduction and manufacturing roadmaps,” said Dr. Joseph Laia, CEO of MiaSolé. MiaSolé's unique manufacturing process deposits CIGS on a flexible stainless steel substrate and produces all of the layers required in a single continuous process. MiaSolé contends that it is the only thin-film solar company that uses sputtering processes every step of the way for coating the solar modules, thereby reducing manufacturing time and cost of production.

MiaSolé boasts that it now offers bank financeable solar modules with efficiency comparable to polysilicon combined with lower manufacturing costs of thin-film modules. The company whose products are designed for utilities and Independent power producers shipped 6.5MW in the first half of this year, and will ship 22MW in 2010. The modules are designed to be used in industrial scale deployments such as large-scale rooftop and ground mount installations.

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