* 20.4 Percent
Research Cell Certified at Newport Lab and Confirmed at NREL
* Achievement
capitalizes on First Solar/GE technology partnership
* Performance matches
long-standing mSi record
First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today announced it has set
a world record for cadmium-telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) solar cell
conversion efficiency, achieving 20.4 percent conversion efficiency certified
at the Newport Corporation's Technology and Applications Center (TAC) PV Lab
and confirmed by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy
Laboratory (NREL). The record-setting cell was constructed at the company's
Perrysburg, Ohio factory and Research & Development Center.