Transcript Competitive Advantages of CIS Technology from Solar Frontier Test

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Competitive Advantages of
CIS Technology from Solar Frontier
The figures of the test sites are convincing.
Since several years we entrust customers, independent organizations and testing centers like Fraunhofer Institut with the performance
monitoring of our modules. In an often opaque PV market we would like to make our contribution to more transparency and
comparability. The following examples prove the extraordinary performance of our CIS Technology compared to the competitors.
1 Test site Futterkamp
(Schleswig-Holstein)
Site Overview
System capacity: 30 kWp
Reference period: 2 years + 8 months (01/11-08/13)
Modules compared: mono-crystalline and poly-crystalline of two well-known
manufacturers
Roof-orientation:
south-east
Characteristics: difficult conditions due to low-light
Competitive Advantages
Specific energy production / year
Specific energy production / year
950
-7.9%
997
-6.5%
kWh/kWp
932
919
Silizium mono
2
1,200 in kWh/kWp Solar Frontier modules measured
more energy
kWh/kWp
1,242
is 8.5% higher compared to mono-crystalline production
modules of the competitor
-8.5% compared to
+ Energy production of Solar Frontier modules
900
kWh/kWp
Silizium poly
Solar
Frontier
CIS
is 7% higher compared to poly-crystalline
kWh/kWp
modules of the competitor
1,100
kWh/kWp
805
Silizium
amorph
-9.6%
-8.4%
904
828
817
Silizium
mono
Silizium
poly
Solar
Frontier
CIS
Solar
Frontier
CIS
Offizielle Testanlage vom
Fraunhofer Institut
1,200
kWh/kWp
1,242
-8.5%
Site Overview
kWh/kWp
Reference Period: Modules compared: Roof orientation: Characteristics: 12 months (2011/12)
Modules of a well-known manufacturer
mono-crystalline
1,000
kWh/kWp
1,707
south
the roof faces south, the idealSolar
orientation for competitors.
-8.1%
Silizium
poly
+
1,137
kWh/kWp
Silizium
mono
IWES
2,000
1,857
Frontier
CIS
Competitive Advantages
+ The specific
energy production per year of Solar Frontier
Wettbewerbsvorteile
Specific energy production / year
1,100
more energy
production
compared to
poly-crystalline
modules
Specific energy production / year
Specific energy production
800
Silizium
mono
Test site Fraunhofer Institut (Kassel)
-11.0%
7%
mono-crystalline
modules
1,137
+ Higher savings and faster amortization of the plant.
900
kWh/kWp
8.5%
+ The specific energy production per year of 1,000
kWh/kWp
Solar
Frontier
CIS
9.2%
modules measured in kWh/kWp is almost 10% higher
than the
earning of Leistung
the competitor.
+ Erzeugte
von Solar Frontier gemessen
inenergy
kWh/
more
production
kWp
liegt
um
fast
10%
höher
als
beim
Wettbewerb.
Even in the for our competitors ideal south-orientation,
the performance of Solar Frontier modules is better
+ Selbst in der für den Wettbewerb günstigsten Südaus
+ Higher
and des
faster
amortization
of the plant.
richtung
Daches
schneidet
Solar Frontier besser ab.
savings
3
1,000
kWh/kWp
Test site Twente (Netherlands)
Specific energy production / year
Specific energy production / year
1,200
kWh/kWp
950
997
-6.5%
kWh/kWp
-7.9%
900
932
kWh/kWp
919
Silizium mono
Silizium poly
Solar
Frontier
CIS
Site Overview
System Capacity: Reference Period: Modules compared: Roof orientation: Characteristics: 1,242
-8.5%
1,137
9.5 kWp 1,100
kWh/kWp
9 months
(2013)
Solar
Frontier
Silizium
mono-crystalline, poly-crystalline
and
amorphous
CIS
mono
modules of 3 well-known manufacturers
south
the roof faces south, the ideal orientation for competitors
Specific energy production / year
Competitive Advantages
12.3%
Specific energy production
9.2%
more energy
more energy
+ The specific energy production
kWh/kWpper
production
production
-8.1%
year of Solar Frontier modules measured
compared to1,857
compared to
in kWh/kWp is 12.3% higher compared
amorphous
poly-crystalline
to the amorphous modules, 9.2% higher modules
modules
2,000
900
kWh/kWp
-11.0%
800
805
kWh/kWp
Silizium
amorph
-9.6%
-8.4%
904
828
817
Silizium
mono
Silizium
poly
Solar
Frontier
CIS
1,000
compared to poly-crystalline
modules and
kWh/kWp
1,707
10.6% higher compared to mono-crystalline modules
+ Higher savings and faster amortization of 4 Test site Rhodos
Specific energy production / year
the plant.
Silizium
poly
10.6%
more energy
Solar
production
Frontier
compared
to
CIS
mono-crystalline
modules
(Greece)
1,200
kWh/kWp
1,242
-8.5%
1,137
1,100
kWh/kWp
Silizium
mono
Solar
Frontier
CIS
Site Overview
System Capacity: Reference Period: Modules compared: Roof orientation: Characteristics: 199 kWp
1 year + 4 months (03/12-07/13)
poly-crystalline modules of a well-known manufacturer
south
difficult conditions due to high temperature; the roof faces south, the ideal orientation for competitors.
Competitive Advantages
2,000
kWh/kWp
1,000
kWh/kWp
-8.1%
1,857
+ The specific energy production per year
of Solar Frontier modules is 8.8% higher
compared to the poly-crystalline modules
of the competitor
+ Positive impact of good temperature
1,707
Silizium
poly
Solar
Frontier
CIS
8.8%
more energy
production
coefficient of Solar Frontier modules
(under high temperatures the loss of power
of the competitor-modules is higher than
with Solar Frontier modules).
+ Higher savings and faster amortization of the plant.
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coefficient
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Specific energy production / year