Solar Frontier Thin Film

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Solar frontier thin film.

Solar frontier kabushiki kaisha is a japanese photovoltaic company that develops and manufactures thin film solar cells using cigs technology it is a fully owned subsidiary of showa shell sekiyu and located in minato tokyo japan the company was founded in 2006 as showa shell solar and renamed solar frontier in april 2010. In joint research with the national research and development agency s new energy and industrial technology development organization nedo of. Tokyo january 17 2019 solar frontier k k the world s largest provider of cis solar energy solutions has set a new world record for thin film solar cell efficiency. We are headquartered in tokyo japan and a subsidiary of a robust energy company.

Eric wesoff april 02 2014. Solar frontier s sf145 170 powermodules s series offers the highest conversion efficiency of any mass produced thin film module up to 13 8. Envisioning solar for all we manufacture cis thin film modules and provide integrated system solutions worldwide. Solar frontier is now approaching four gigawatts of cis modules and system shipments.

Solar frontier is a leading cis thin film solar energy company by production sales and technology. Solar frontier achieves thin film solar cell efficiency of 22 9 4 apr 2014 solar frontier sets thin film pv world record with 20 9 cis cell expansions 3 6 jun 2016 solar frontier s 150mw tohoku plant begins commercial production. Solar frontier is the world s largest provider of cis solar energy solutions. A new record for thin film solar cell efficiency of 22 3 has been achieved by solar frontier the world s largest cis solar energy provider.

Solar frontier achieves world record thin film solar cell efficiency of 23 35. Fewer production steps and raw materials also mean an industry leading energy payback time of less than one year. In joint research with the new energy and industrial technology development organization nedo of japan solar frontier achieved 22 3 conversion efficiency on a 0 5 cm 2 cell using its cis technology. All modules are rohs compliant and cadmium and lead free.