The Buffalo News: SolarCity says the panels it will make here are
world¹s most efficient
Published:
Friday, October 2, 2015 - 10:43
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SolarCity says solar panels to be made at its Buffalo plant will be
the most efficient in the world, even more efficient than the Silevo
solar panels shown being installed here. (Derek Gee/Buffalo News
file photo)[/caption]
The solar panels that SolarCity plans to begin making in South Buffalo next year will be the most efficient rooftop modules that are being made anywhere in the world, the company said Friday .
The panels will be able to convert a little more than 22 percent of the sun’s energy into electricity – a milestone that SolarCity executives said will help it reduce the costs of its rooftop solar energy systems and make them more competitive with utility-generated electricity.
“It’s a world record for a rooftop panel,” said Jonathan Bass, a SolarCity spokesman.
“It’s another feather in the cap of the Buffalo region,” Bass said. “It will be the site where the world’s best solar panel is manufactured.”
