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Masdar PV teams with Helmholtz-Zentrum to increase PV modules efficiency

The Solarserver: Forum for Solar Energy reports that Masdar PV GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Masdar Future Energy Company, is partnering with Helmholtz-Zentrum for Materials and Energy to increase the efficiency of large-area PV modules. The partnership falls under the new thin-film PV Competence Centre Berlin, a JV of HZB and the Technical University of Berlin.

The company is quoted as stating, "This positions Masdar PV to be able to leverage the capabilities of the both the world-class PV research institute as well as a leading technical university.“

Solarserver imparts that the research “aims to maximize the efficiency of amorphous silicon solar modules (a-Si) using the world-largest glass substrates (5.7 m2), to drive PV costs down to grid parity.” Dr. Bern Rech, Professor of Photovoltaics at the Technical University Berlin and HZB department head, is slated to lead the four-year program with his patents and authored publications in the field of amorphous and microcrystalline silicon based solar cells to support him.

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