On February 1st, 2012 MiaSole Inc. (Santa Clara, California, U.S.) announced that it has reached 17.3% conversion efficiency with a "champion" copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) solar photovoltaic (PV) device.

The company also states that its manufacturing process for 14% efficiency is now in production at its California facility. MiaSole notes that these achievements have occurred ahead of schedule, and represent a more than 30% increase over February 2011 efficiencies.

"The progress in efficiency gains we've repeatedly demonstrated are further proof that we're aggressively moving toward a cost structure that is competitive with top-tier global solar manufacturers," states MiaSole CEO John Carrington.

"Our ability to deliver 14 percent in production with the capability to achieve efficiency up to 17 percent further emphasizes the progress we are continuously making against our roadmap. Our ultimate goal is to continue scaling innovation and deliver the lowest levelized cost of electricity to our customers."

MiaSole ships 55 MW of CIGS modules to date

MiaSole states that to date it has shipped more than 55 MW of its CIGS PV modules, with its modules deployed in PV plants in North America, Europe and Asia, including utility-scale PV plants, rooftop PV plants, and electric vehicle charging stations.

2012-02-03| Courtesy: MiaSole | solarserver.com © Heindl Server GmbH

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