That would give the company a PERCIUM production capacity of 170MW by the end of 2014, and 350MW by the end of next year.

JA’s PERCIUM cells are the industry’s first p-type PV cells to boast an average conversion efficiency higher than 20%, with their performance currently standing at 20.4%, according to the Chinese company.

By comparison, the average conversion efficiency of JA’s CYPRESS2 line of cells presently stands at 19.4%