The world-best efficiency module, with an aperture area of 812cm2, was tested by German R&D lab Fraunhofer ISE via more than 10,000 outdoor data sets.
Soitec's CPV technology is designed around Fresnel lenses that concentrate sunlight onto small, multi-junction solar cells.
“While we announced earlier this year Soitec’s refocus on its core semiconductor materials business, we also decided to keep all assets related to our SmartCell project in the company’s new strategic scope," says Soitec chief executive Paul Boudre.
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