Suniva focuses on providing the highest quality solar products on the market using low-cost manufacturing techniques. Suniva continues to redefine the solar cell manufacturing process, reducing the cost of PV ownership to match the true costs of conventional grid power worldwide. Innovative process changes combined with improved manufacturing efficiencies and reductions in raw materials consumption are making Suniva's vision a reality.
Suniva® team designs and manufactures high efficiency silicon based photovoltaic cells, marketed as the ARTisun® product series. ARTisun® series solar cells are two steps upstream in the value chain from the end user or consumer of solar power. Our ARTisun® series cells are the "brains" inside our high-power Optimus modules.
To view a whitepaper by Suniva's Dr. Stephen Shea on the merits of using crystalline silicon versus other PV technology please click here.
Boosting solar cell efficiency can have a dramatic impact on the entire value chain, from requiring less starting raw material (polysilicon) to reducing the module area required for systems. A higher efficiency cell will mean the same amount of silicon will deliver more power per module or conversely, the same power output can be achieved with fewer cells/modules, meaning fewer monocrystalline silicon wafers are required for the same power output.
Higher efficiency cells lower the module cost and the balance of system costs for the same power requirement in any solar PV installation. Also, higher efficiency cells increase the amount of power that can be generated within a fixed footprint, which is critical for applications where space is limited such as rooftops, or where land is costly.
