CleanTechnica » Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE http://cleantechnica.com Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:48:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 New Solar CPV Module Efficiency World Record Set — 36.7% Efficiency Achieved Thanks To Fraunhofer ISE And Soitec Collaboration http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/17/new-solar-cpv-module-efficiency-world-record-set-36-7-efficiency-achieved-thanks-fraunhofer-ise-soitec-collaboration/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/17/new-solar-cpv-module-efficiency-world-record-set-36-7-efficiency-achieved-thanks-fraunhofer-ise-soitec-collaboration/#comments Thu, 17 Jul 2014 12:44:39 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=69579 A new conversion efficiency world record for concentrator photovoltaic modules (CPV), of 36.7%, was recently set thanks to a research collaboration between the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE and the French CPV developer Soitec (along with the French research center CEA-Leti, and the Helmholtz Center in Berlin). The researchers from Fraunhofer ISE —

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