Photovoltaic manufacturer Solar Frontier has created a new record of 22.9% efficiency in thin-film solar cells and the company has partnered with Japan's Agency for Research and Development's New Energy Industry Technology Development Agency (NEDO) to create this on a 1-cm 2 solar cell A result.
This record was confirmed by Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), which is 0.3% higher than the record created by Germany's ZSW, which uses Solar Frontier's copper, indium and selenium (CIS) structures, Absorbent layer absorption technology and strengthen the surface treatment process' has done a strengthening treatment.
This further reinforces the potential for technical improvements in CIS (Copper, Indium and Selenium), another source reported by Solar Frontier, which said it sold the 66MW Midway I project in California under the auspices of Spanish developer and operator X-ELIO, The company is owned by private equity firm KKR.
Jorge Barredo, chief executive officer of X-ELIO, said: 'Since May, we have worked with Solar Frontier's team of experts in our efforts to build a highly competitive asset structure.'
"From development to operations, we can deploy capital throughout all phases of the project lifecycle, and we rely on a growing and experienced team to develop pipeline and partner with other development companies, and we are also key players in the U.S. market. '
