Daniel Shugar, CEO of Solaria, said: “The solar industry is entering an era where customers demand high output, low cost, long-term reliability, and reduced carbon footprint. The Solaria module meets and exceeds these criteria, raising the bar for high-performance solar products.”
Eric Hafter, chief strategy officer for Solar Power, said: “We’ve been testing Solaria’s new modules at our multi-megawatt facility in California. The modules have been yielding excellent performance; Solaria’s high efficiency modules offer industry leading costs with the reliability and performance of traditional crystalline solar modules.
“Since Solaria’s modules are built to industry standards, they’re ready to install on standard trackers using conventional installation methods.”
Solaria claims that its crystalline module uses technology to provide all the performance, and quality of a standard silicon module at a lower cost.
The Solaria modules are specifically optimized for tracking systems, which increase energy harvest by 20-30%, with the greatest increase in electricity output coinciding with times of peak demand, the company said.
The Solaria module, available in 230W, 220W and 210W, is the first low-concentration flat-plate module to achieve international certification. Solaria’s module is certified to UL1703 and IEC61215 standards, and its performance and reliability has been validated by independent laboratories, teh company said.
In addition, according to Columbia University’s Center for Lifecycle Analysis, the carbon footprint per watt of modules manufactured with Solaria’s technology is approximately one third less than that of competing technologies, and have an ‘energy payback’ of less than one year.
