The new in-house record, set on a 156 x 156mm CIGS cell in a regular production run, is a boost to the strategic push by the Stockholm-based company into Europe’s fast-growing building-integrated solar power market.

“The global solar cell market is facing a paradigm shift,” says chief executive Sven Lindström. “Fewer large solar energy parks are being built in Europe. Instead, focus is moving to installations on large buildings in cities.

“The lightweight and flexible thin-film solar cells are ideal for this use. It