CleanTechnica » solar panel efficiency records 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 World Record X-Series Solar Panels Now For Sale http://cleantechnica.com/2013/04/08/world-record-x-series-solar-panels-no-for-sale/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/04/08/world-record-x-series-solar-panels-no-for-sale/#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:19:09 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=50529 Reposted from Solar Love: SunPower is the well known leader in solar module efficiency. It has raised the bar yet again with the release of some super efficient ” X-Series Solar Panels.” As I reported less than one month ago, SunPower now holds the record, and second place, and third place in solar module yield tests. Those

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/26/10-top-solar-stories/feed/ 2 Stion Sets New Solar Efficiency Record of 14.8% for Commercially Available Monolithic CIGS Modules http://cleantechnica.com/2012/06/20/stion-sets-new-solar-efficiency-record-14-8-commercially-available-monolithic-cigs-modules/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/06/20/stion-sets-new-solar-efficiency-record-14-8-commercially-available-monolithic-cigs-modules/#comments Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:36:48 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=39240   Stion, a US company manufacturing high-efficiency, thin-film solar modules, today announced that it has achieved a new aperture efficiency record for fully certified, monolithically integrated CIGS, commercial modules (65 cm x 165 cm). The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) verified the 14.8% aperture efficiency (and 13.4% module efficiency). These solar modules are manufactured

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/06/20/stion-sets-new-solar-efficiency-record-14-8-commercially-available-monolithic-cigs-modules/feed/ 4 MiaSolé Sets New World Record for Flexible PV Module Efficiency http://cleantechnica.com/2012/05/25/miasol-sets-new-world-record-flexible-pv-module-efficiency/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/05/25/miasol-sets-new-world-record-flexible-pv-module-efficiency/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 10:53:06 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=38530   Another day, another solar world record set. I think I need to start a page of solar world records — would be a useful resource, I imagine. The latest is from MiaSolé, which has set a new world record of 15.5% area efficiency for flexible PV solar modules. Here’s more info from MiaSolé: “MiaSolé,

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/05/25/miasol-sets-new-world-record-flexible-pv-module-efficiency/feed/ 7 Solar Cell that Shines in Order to Produce More Electricity (Record-Breaking Technology) http://cleantechnica.com/2012/04/23/solar-cell-that-shines-in-order-to-produce-more-electricity-innovative-research-record-breaking-technology/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/04/23/solar-cell-that-shines-in-order-to-produce-more-electricity-innovative-research-record-breaking-technology/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:56:13 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=37331   Solar cells are awesome, and LEDs are awesome, but what about solar cells that also act like LEDs — double awesome? It seems so, and perhaps most notably, such solar cells also have increased voltage. The purpose of solar cells is to capture as much light as possible and produce power from it. But

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/04/23/solar-cell-that-shines-in-order-to-produce-more-electricity-innovative-research-record-breaking-technology/feed/ 5 A Brief History of Everything Solar http://cleantechnica.com/2012/03/21/history-of-solar/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/03/21/history-of-solar/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:05:32 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=36285   The following is an excellent short history of solar panels and solar power from guest contributor Dane Cross. I think you’ll thoroughly enjoy it — I did! What do Archimedes, Einstein and Arnold Schwarzenegger all have in common? Answer: They’ve all contributed to the development of solar power.   From the 3rd Century BC when Archimedes fought off Roman ships by concentrating

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