WORLD'S MOST EFFECTIVE SOLAR PANEL RELEASED
The solar revolution is on, just weeks ago Elon Musk backed company, SolarCity had announced that they had created the most effective solar panel in the world with a PV module achieving a 22.04% module level efficiency.
Recently however, Panasonic Eco Solutions have broke the record again with a 22.5% module efficiency on a commercial-sized prototype module, verified by the Japanese National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology.
"This new record on module-level efficiency adds to the 25.6 efficiency record achieved last year at cell-level. The new panel efficiency record demonstrates once again Panasonic's...ongoing commitment to move the needle in advanced solar technology," Daniel Roca, senior business developer at Panasonic Eco Solutions Europe, said in a statement.
The prototype uses a 72 cell, 270-watt prototype that uses thin-layer solar cell, unlike Solarcity that uses standard solar cell.
Panasonic has also announced the launch of its new HIT N330 module, a 96-cell, 330W panel which features 19.7% module-level efficiency and claims to deliver 27% more peak-power compared to mainstream 260W multicrystalline modules.
Panasonic is planning to release the commercial version in 2016.