Sanyo to Offer Solar Cells With Highest Efficiency
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Sanyo Electric Co. will start offering a new solar battery with the world’s highest energy efficiency next year in an attempt to lure more customers.
The battery maker controlled by Panasonic Corp. will begin offering the product in Europe in February and later in Japan, Tetsuhiro Maeda, head of Sanyo’s solar panel operation, told reporters in Tokyo today. The new battery cell has a conversion efficiency of 21.6 percent, the highest rate among photovoltaic batteries available in the market, he said.