Showa Shell Solar Energy in the “PV EXPO 2010 Third International Solar Exhibition” on display at the company’s first two-generation CIGS solar battery panels. The panel is that it is The Wealth of Nations-cho, Miyazaki Prefecture building of the first three factory technology to produce in order to set at April 1, 2010 to replace the new company name “Solar Frontier” display.
The new panel size of 977mm × 1255mm. “Article 2 on behalf of the panel is 30cm square unit has recently achieved a conversion efficiency of 16% of the battery technology. The panel plans to produce in 2011 to reach 12.2% module conversion efficiency. By improving the optical design of the module conversion efficiency is expected in 2014 could reach 13.0% “.
Showa Shell Solar announced that, although “not yet set a specific time and place” (the company), but has developed plans for the building of the first four plants. The panels at the factory will use the company’s first three-generation battery technology, “open cell conversion efficiency of the Department can realize 17% of the panel enables the module conversion efficiency 14.0%”