Twenty years of HIT modules production: congratulations Panasonic!

Panasonic will celebrate twenty years of production of HIT photovoltaic modules this year! The HIT modules are made with heterojunction cells, which employ a combination of mono-crystalline and amorphous technologies. The Japanese multinational should certainly celebrate the anniversary with an important milestone of 18 Million sold modules from 1997 to today, and the record of 23.8% module efficiency.

 

"Panasonic is really proud to celebrate the 20th anniversary," said Kazuhiro Yoshida, director of Panasonic Solar Systems business unit. "When we began a produce this patented technology, our objective was to create a better world and speed up the Necessary Global Adoption of clean energy. Now, even after 20 years, we feel more than ever officers of achievement of this objective and we will fulfill all efforts to go beyond the technological boundaries efficiency of photovoltaic Energy Conversion ".