World's Most Efficient (15.7%) Solar Modules to Go into Commercial Production

Kyocera Corporation has announced the successful development of a new multicrystal silicon solar module to be mass produced for the general market, offering the world’s best module conversion efficiency at 15.7%. Preparations for commercial-scale production are scheduled to start in September this year with a view to the product being made available both domestically and overseas from next financial year.

Prior to the development of this module, Kyocera had already achieved the world’s best cell conversion efficiency at 17.7% for multicrystal silicon solar cells for the general market.

The new-model, high-efficiency cells that are now produced using the processes developed through these previous successes will be used in solar module applications. Kyocera will continue to work on producing even more efficient and higher added-value modules (for market release), such as those to go into commercial production next year, in order to secure the leading position in the market.

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