SunPower is famous for its back-contact cells, boasting one of the industry's most advanced technologies. Josh Moore, SunPower Director, explains why the company is now ramping up 600 MW of production for different types of front-contact cells and shingled modules. He will pitch the advantages at pv magazine's Future PV event to be held at SPI on Tuesday September 12.pv magazine: SunPower is pivoting towards more conventional cell technologies and shingled cell modules. Why do you make this change?
Josh Moore: The Performance Series panel delivers a strong value proposition to customers who have available space to meet their solar energy production needs with a lower efficiency panel. By using front contact cells, SunPower is leveraging the commodity cell market and providing our customers with a superior panel design. This also allows SunPower to quickly scale module manufacturing to meet growing market demand.
For large solar plants, how much is the LCOE reduced compared to your modules with back contact cells? Is there still an advantage when using the back-contact cells, and for which applications do you still recommend those?
SunPower E-Series and X-Series solar panels remain the right choice for customers who want the highest efficiency and quality for which SunPower is known. Often, we recommend those products for space-constrained projects. P-Series serves customers who want reliability and performance at competitive ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...