New N-Type MWT High Efficiency PV Cell

Yingli Green Energy, the Energy research Centre of the Netherlands(“ECN”), a solar research center in Europe, and Amtech Systems, a supplier of production and automation systems and related supplies for the manufacture of solar cells through its solar division Tempress Systems B.V., today announced the achievements of a three-party research collaboration on the N-type Metal Wrap Through (“N-MWT”) PV cell and module technology. This joint project was an extension of Project PANDA, which was kicked off in 2009. As of the date of this press release, a cell efficiency of 19.7% and a module efficiency of 17.6% have been achieved in the laboratory, respectively.

- SolarBuzz 9/7/11

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