Mitsubishi Chemical has selected and successfully installed a sun simulator from Pasan, a division of Meyer Berger. This is the first sale to a Japanese customer for the company, which will use the equipment for testing of very large a-Si thin-film solar modules and is part of MCC’s move into the BIPV market.

Pasan said that it had successfully commissioned the PV performance measurement equipment for MCC in its Yokkaichi plant in early January.

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