DGAP-News: SolarWorld AG / Key word(s): Market launch
SolarWorld AG introduces five bus bar technology
04.05.2015 / 11:06
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Market introduction midyear - again efficiency record set
SolarWorld will further increase the efficiency of its products. After an
upgrade of all production to high-efficiency PERC solar cells, the group
has announced plans to bring cells and modules with five bus bar technology
on the market in the middle of this year. The current market standard is
three bus bars (contacts on the front side of solar cells, at which they
are connected). The five bus bar technology alone increases the efficiency
by up to two percentage points. With this technology, SolarWorld reached a
cell efficiency of 21.51 percent recently and thus topped its own world
record for industrial PERC cells based on crystalline p-type silicon wafer.
"As much power as possible in the smallest space with maximum durability -
this is the strategy of SolarWorld. Thus, we reduce the total cost for our
customers, increase their electricity yields and make solar power more and
more competitive with conventional power generation - all made in Germany
and made in the USA," said Dr.-Ing. E. h. Frank Asbeck, CEO of SolarWorld
AG.
SolarWorld is transferring the record-breaking technology to production.
The company plans to launch the first 300 watt module with 60 solar cells
on the market in the third quarter.
To integrate the five bus bar technology, the existing stringer systems,
which connect solar cells to strings of 10 solar cells, will be modified.
In addition, printing on the cell front side will be adjusted to five bus
bars and finer lines. This process has started at SolarWorld's site in
Hillsboro, Oregon. Modifications there shall be completed during the second
quarter.
SolarWorld REAL VALUE: SolarWorld manufactures and sells high-tech solar
power solutions and in doing so contributes to a cleaner energy supply
worldwide. The group, headquartered in Bonn, Germany, employs approximately
3,400 people and carries out production in Freiberg, Germany; Arnstadt,
Germany; and Hillsboro, USA. From raw material silicon to solar wafers,
cells and modules, SolarWorld manages all stages of production â including
its own research and development. Through an international distribution
network with locations in Europe, USA, Singapore and South Africa,
SolarWorld supplies customers all over the world. The company maintains
high social standards at all locations across the globe, and has committed
itself to resource- and energy-efficient production. SolarWorld was founded
in 1998 and has been publically traded on the stock market since 1999. More
information at www.solarworld.de/en.
Contact:
SolarWorld AG
Martin-Luther-King-Str. 24
53175 Bonn
+49 (0) 228 55920 409
press@solarworld.de
www.solarworld.de
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Language: English
Company: SolarWorld AG
Martin-Luther-King-StraÃe 24
53175 Bonn
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)228 - 559 20 470
Fax: +49 (0)228 - 559 20 9470
E-mail: placement@solarworld.com
Internet: www.solarworld.de
ISIN: DE000A1YCMM2, DE000A1YDDX6, DE000A1YCN14
WKN: A1YCMM, A1YDDX, A1YCN1
Listed: Regulated Market in Dusseldorf, Frankfurt (Prime
Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Hamburg,
Munich, Stuttgart
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