New Record Efficiency with Cells produced by Q-Cells - modules available in 2010

Thalheim, Germany - Just as the PVSEC approaches, Q-Cells SE (QCE; ISIN DE0005558662) announced a new record in solar cell efficiency. The technologists in the Solar Valley Thalheim have succeeded in designing a module with an efficiency of 15.9% using the next generation of polycrystalline cells.

This is a world record for massproduced cells manufactured according to common industrial standards. The module, which has an output of 249 W, has already been tested and certified by an independent institute, the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems in Freiburg. It was created in Q-Cells

Source: IWR Online, 18 Sep 2009