First Solar Announces Limited Production Run of World’s First Bifacial Thin Film Photovoltaic Module
14 Junho 2023 - 3:30AM
Business Wire
Pre-commercial version of first alternative to bifacial
crystalline silicon technology makes Intersolar Europe debut
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) today announced a limited
production run of the world’s first bifacial solar panel utilizing
an advanced thin film semiconductor. A fully functional
pre-commercial Series 6 Plus Bifacial photovoltaic (PV) module will
make its industry debut at Intersolar Europe in Munich, Germany and
will be on display at First Solar’s booth (#520) in Hall A1 from
June 14 to 17, 2023.
The module, which is undergoing field and laboratory testing,
builds on the track record of First Solar’s successful Series 6
monofacial module platform. The module features an innovative
transparent back contact, pioneered by First Solar’s research and
development (R&D) teams, which, in addition to enabling
bifacial energy gain, allows infrared wavelengths of light to pass
through rather than be absorbed as heat, and is expected to lower
the operational temperature of the bifacial module and result in a
higher specific energy yield.
“This module combines the quality, sustainability, reliability,
and long-term performance of our Series 6 Plus platform with our
first increment of bifaciality,” said Pat Buehler, chief product
officer, First Solar. “Once commercialized, we expect Series 6 Plus
Bifacial to represent the first real alternative to crystalline
silicon-based bifacial technology, effectively combining
bifaciality with the industry’s best warranted degradation rate,
CdTe thin film’s ability to deliver more energy per nameplate watt,
best-in-class reliability and durability, and innovative module
design.”
Series 6 Plus monofacial module features an industry-best 0.3
percent warranted degradation rate, superior temperature
coefficient, spectral response, and shading behavior, and an
anti-reflective coating to enhance energy production. Moreover,
unlike crystalline silicon (c-Si) panels, First Solar’s Series 6
Plus module does not experience losses from Light Induced
Degradation (LID) and Light and elevated Temperature Induced
Degradation (LeTID). The module is manufactured under one roof with
100 percent traceable quality assurance, exceeding International
Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standards in high temperature,
high humidity, and extreme desert and coastal applications.
In October 2022, First Solar announced that it would construct a
new R&D innovation center in Perrysburg, Ohio. The facility,
representing an investment of approximately $370 million, is
believed to be the first of its scale in the Western Hemisphere and
is expected to accelerate the development and production of
advanced thin film PV. Scheduled to be completed in 2024, the new
R&D center will be located near First Solar’s existing
Perrysburg manufacturing facility, covering an area of
approximately 1.3 million square feet. It will feature a high-tech
pilot manufacturing line allowing for the production of full sized
prototypes of thin film and tandem PV modules.
About First Solar, Inc.
First Solar is a leading American solar technology company and
global provider of responsibly produced eco-efficient solar modules
advancing the fight against climate change. Developed at R&D
labs in California and Ohio, the company’s advanced thin film
photovoltaic (PV) modules represent the next generation of solar
technologies, providing a competitive, high-performance,
lower-carbon alternative to conventional crystalline silicon PV
panels. From raw material sourcing and manufacturing through
end-of-life module recycling, First Solar’s approach to technology
embodies sustainability and a responsibility towards people and the
planet. For more information, please visit www.firstsolar.com.
For First Solar Investors
This release contains forward-looking statements, which are made
pursuant to safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements
include, but are not limited to statements concerning First Solar’s
expectation that 1) the back contact will lower the operational
temperature of the bifacial module versus the monofacial
equivalent, and will result in higher specific energy yield; and 2)
First Solar’s plan to invest approximately $370 million in a new
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