Suntech Reaches 19 Percent Efficiency With Pluto Tech

Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. says it is routinely utilizing the Pluto technology to produce PV cells with conversion efficiencies of approximately 19% on monocrystalline PV cells and 17% on multicrystalline PV cells. The company recently sent a number of Pluto PV cells to the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Germany for third-party verification. The Fraunhofer Institute [read more]