GE has announced that it has charged its four global research centres with the development of a breakthrough thin film photovoltaic (PV) product for the world’s solar market.
The US-based company says that after an “exhaustive” survey of the PV market, it has decided to focus its research and development activities on thin film PV technology and is working with PrimeStar Solar Inc. to bring a product to market.
“Specifically, the CdTe technology from PrimeStar has great potential,” said Danielle Merfeld, GE’s Solar R&D leader. “Bringing together world-class materials expertise, unique materials and systems modeling and design capabilities and state-of-the-art indoor and outdoor solar testing facilities, GE researchers are innovating across our four global research centers—literally around the clock—to deliver a breakthrough product to market.”
The two companies’ efforts are being co-ordinated at PrimeStar’s Colorado, USA headquarters but also involve other GE technologists in Germany, China, India and the US. Key areas of focus include device efficiency, reliability, production and installation costs, and manufacturability.
