SolarCity producing PV module with industry record 22.04% efficiency from pilot line

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SolarCity has claimed the highest module efficiencies with 22.04% conversion efficiencies.

The company said that its 100MW pilot line in Silicon Valley would be producing the modules in “small quantities” in October, 2015. 

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SolarCity noted that the module with the industry record conversion efficiencies was independently verified by the Renewable Energy Test Center, a third-party certification testing provider for photovoltaic and renewable energy products.

SolarCity is building and plans to ramp a 1GW production plant in Buffalo, New York next year. 

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