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First Solar Announces Limited Production Run of World’s First Bifacial Thin Film Photovoltaic Module
Pre-commercial version of first alternative to bifacial crystalline silicon technology makes Intersolar Europe debut TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- First
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nPre-commercial version of first alternative to bifacial crystalline silicon technology makes Intersolar Europe debut\n\n\n TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nFirst 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.\n\n\nThe 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.\n\n\n“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.”\n\n\nSeries 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 ...