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First Solar Declares Limited Production Run of World’s First Bifacial Thin Film PV Module

Series 6 Plus monofacial module attributes 0.3 percent warranted degradation rate, higher temperature coefficient, spectral response, and shading behavior, and an anti-reflective coating to augment energy production.

June 19, 2023. By EI News Network

First Solar, Inc. declared a limited production run of the world’s first bifacial solar panel utilizing an advanced thin film semiconductor.

The module, which is going through field and laboratory examination, develops on the track record of First Solar’s successful Series 6 monofacial module platform.

Pat Buehler, chief product officer, First Solar, added, “This module combines the quality, sustainability, reliability, and long-term performance of our Series 6 Plusplatform with our first increment of bifaciality”.

Series 6 Plus monofacial module attributes 0.3 percent warranted degradation rate, higher temperature coefficient, spectral response, and shading behavior, and an anti-reflective coating to augment energy production.

Furthermore, unlike crystalline silicon (c-Si) panels, First Solar’s Series 6 Plus module does not encounter losses from Light Induced Degradation (LID) and Light and elevated Temperature Induced Degradation (LeTID).

The module is produced under one roof with 100 percent traceable quality assurance, exceeding International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standards in high temperature, high humidity, and extreme desert and coastal applications.

First Solar is an American solar technology company and global provider of responsibly produced eco-efficient solar modules advancing the fight against climate change.

The solutions development at R&D labs in California and Ohio, the firm’s advanced thin film PV modules represent the coming generation of solar technologies, enabling a competitive, high-performance, lower-carbon alternative to conventional crystalline silicon PV panels.

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