The
Kunitomi
plant,
which
opened
in
April,
began
exporting
150-watt
(W)
copper-indium-selenium
(CIS)
modules
last
month.
Solar
Frontier
claims
the
modules
have
a
12.2%
efficiency —
higher
than
First
Solar’s
cadmium-
telluride
panels
—
and
the
company
plans
to
improve
that.
In
testing,
it
set
a
CIS
record
with
a
17.2%-efficient
30sq-cm
sub-module,
and
it
says
it
will
roll
those
process
improvements
into
its
production
lines
en
route
to
building
a
14%-efficient
170W
module
in
2014.
Chief
operating
officer
Gregory
Ashley
says
the
company
is
targeting
the
large
commercial
rooftop
and
utility
markets
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