First Solar claims a world record for cadmium-telluride (CdTe) PV module conversion efficiency, achieving 18.6% aperture efficiency for an advanced full size module. For the first time ever, the company says it has demonstrated a record module that is more efficient than the best multi-crystalline module recorded. The US National Renewable Energy Laboratory measured and certified the module’s performance.
sPower has signed 20-year power off-take deals for three PV projects in California totaling 19.4MW
