The 82.8W module, which is being verified by the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), represents a 12.2% aperture efficiency.
Abound Solar said the first 82W module was produced in early January 2012 on existing production equipment, and several hundred modules reaching that wattage have been manufactured thus far.
Abound Solar expects to begin mass production of 82W modules in the second half of this year and 85W modules in the first half of next year.
Abound Solar produced its one-millionth module in December 2011.
Expansion of the Longmont, Colorado, factory is currently underway, with further expansion efforts within the US coming in 2013.
