Utmo Light President Zhenrui Yu
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Utmo Light, a Chinese perovskite company, presents its first commercial perovskite solar panel this week at the SNEC PV fair in Shanghai. The UL-M12-G1 module measures 1,200 mm x 600 mm and is available in four power classes, ranging from 110 W to 130 W.
Utmo Light President Zhenrui Yu shared this pv magazine at SNEC in Shanghai that the first target for the new perovskite modules will be building-integrated PV (BIPV) applications. Unlike crystalline modules, the translucent perovskite panels can be tinted in any color. Utmo Light offers modules strung into a single 2.4 by 1.2 meter glass plate for integration into buildings.
Yu said the panels have passed all IEC tests for solar panels and can withstand a UV bath of 2,300 hours at 1,000 watts per square meter and 60 degrees Celsius for 12 years without loss of quality. He said the company has been developing perovskite technology since 2018 and has solved the early degradation problem. It offers a 10-year product warranty and a 25-year linear degradation warranty.
Yu said the product is already for sale, and several kilowatt-scale projects have been installed in China and Japan. He expects the installations to reach megawatt scale by the end of the year.
The company is building a new line with an annual production capacity of 1 GW. The production line, which will be completed this year in Wuxi, China, will produce modules measuring 2.2 by 1.2 meters.
Utmo Light has established a working group to develop perovskite-silicon tandem cells, with the aim of achieving an efficiency above 30%. Yu declined to provide a timeline for commercial availability.
Yu said the perovskite modules cost about CNY1.4 ($0.19)/W. He said perovskites could be produced cheaper than this, claiming that once the company’s 1GW commercial line is fully operational, costs could drop to $0.11/W.
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