Oxford PV has began the commercialization of its tandem photo voltaic expertise with the corporate’s first cargo to a U.S.-based buyer.
The 72-cell panels, comprised of Oxford PV’s perovskite-on-silicon photo voltaic cells, can produce 20% extra vitality than a regular silicon panel, the corporate says. The panels are slated for use in a utility-scale set up, with the hope of lowering the levelized price of electrical energy and contributing to extra environment friendly land use by producing extra electrical energy from the identical space.
This growth marks the primary industrial deployment of a perovskite tandem photo voltaic panel worldwide, says Oxford PV. The corporate has been creating and dealing to commercialize this expertise since 2014, with a latest module effectivity file of 26.9%.
The primary Oxford PV panels obtainable available on the market have a 24.5% module effectivity. The panels are powered by perovskite-on-silicon cells produced at Oxford PV’s megawatt-scale pilot line in Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany.
“The commercialisation of this expertise is a breakthrough for the vitality business,” says David Ward, CEO of Oxford PV. “Excessive-efficiency applied sciences are the way forward for the photo voltaic business, and that future is beginning now.”
