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First Solar Sets a New Record for Thin-Film Solar Efficiency

02/27/2013
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  • First solar thin-film solar panels
    Just last year, Republican lawmakers were trying to tarnish First Solar, Inc, because the Department of Energy provided loan guarantees to the company. But politics couldn't sink the word's largest producer of thin-film solar panels; this week, the company announced that it set a new world record for cadmium-telluride solar cell conversion by achieving 18.7 percent efficiency....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/first-solar-sets-a-new-record-for-thin-film-solar-efficiency/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • First solar thin-film solar panels
    Just last year, Republican lawmakers were trying to tarnish First Solar, Inc, because the Department of Energy provided loan guarantees to the company. But politics couldn't sink the word's largest producer of thin-film solar panels; this week, the company announced that it set a new world record for cadmium-telluride solar cell conversion by achieving 18.7 percent efficiency....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/first-solar-sets-a-new-record-for-thin-film-solar-efficiency/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • First Solar R&D team
    Just last year, Republican lawmakers were trying to tarnish First Solar, Inc, because the Department of Energy provided loan guarantees to the company. But politics couldn't sink the word's largest producer of thin-film solar panels; this week, the company announced that it set a new world record for cadmium-telluride solar cell conversion by achieving 18.7 percent efficiency....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/first-solar-sets-a-new-record-for-thin-film-solar-efficiency/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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First solar thin-film solar panels

Just last year, Republican lawmakers were trying to tarnish First Solar, Inc, because the Department of Energy provided loan guarantees to the company. But politics couldn't sink the word's largest producer of thin-film solar panels; this week, the company announced that it set a new world record for cadmium-telluride solar cell conversion by achieving 18.7 percent efficiency....

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