Canadian Solar will begin mass production of its 690-W TOPCon solar panels in the first quarter of 2023. These panels have a cell conversion efficiency of around 25.0%, which is 1.5% higher than the average cell efficiency of the mainstream products in the market.
TOPBiHiKu7
Canadian Solar will provide a diversified portfolio of TOPCon products to meet the needs for utility-scale, commercial and residential markets. The TOPCon portfolio includes the 182-mm cell based bifacial TOPBiHiKu6 (555-W to 570-W) and monofacial TOPHiKu6 (420-W to 575-W) modules, and the 210-mm cell primarily based bifacial TOPBiHiKu7 (615-W to 690-W) modules. Canadian Photo voltaic will ship the 182-mm cell primarily based TOPCon modules within the first quarter of 2023 and can begin mass manufacturing of the 210-mm cell primarily based TOPCon modules within the second quarter of 2023. TOPCon module shipments are anticipated to account for round 30% of the corporate’s 2023 complete module shipments.
Canadian Photo voltaic says TOPCon modules present an a variety of benefits, together with a bifaciality of 85%, an influence achieve of two% in comparison with PERC bifacial modules.
“We’re happy to start out delivering our cutting-edge n-type TOPCon modules early subsequent 12 months. The TOPCon modules will change into certainly one of our featured merchandise with increased vitality yield, decrease LCOE and longer efficiency guarantee, in comparison with the mainstream merchandise out there,” mentioned Dr. Shawn Qu, Chairman and CEO of Canadian Photo voltaic. “The TOPCon modules will solidify our competitiveness when it comes to know-how management and pricing energy. We’re dedicated to delivering extra excessive effectivity and high quality merchandise to our clients, whereas contributing to combating local weather change globally.”
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