GCL Opto -Electronics has given a 1 GW Perovskite Solar Module facility in China for commissioned and says it can increase the capacity to 2 GW per year, depending on the market demand.
GCL Opto -Electronics, a unit of GCL group, officially put its Perovskite -Photovoltaic module in Kunshan, the province of Jiangsu in China. It is the world’s first gigawatt scale production facility for perovskite solar modules.
The first phase of the plant, with a type plate capacity of 1 GW, broke ground in May 2024 and was completed in just over a year. The second phase will expand the capacity to 2 GW, depending on the market demand. With a total planned investment of CNY 5 billion ($ 696.9 million), the facility will serve as GCL’s global R&D headquarters and the future listed platform for its perovskiet activities.
De Kunshan factory builds on the early position of GCL in Perovskite technology, after the launch of its 100 MW pilot line in 2021. The company has since achieved various technical breakthroughs, including a certified efficiency of a single-junction module-Efficiency of 19.04% and the installation of the installation of the 19.04 and the installation of the installation of the 19.04 and Tandemae-Efficiency Installation of the Stpling of the of the 19.04 and the installation of the place of the 19.04% and the installation of the of the 19.04% and Froners.
GCL’s large size modules, up to 1.2 meters with 2.4 meters, are the largest of their species and have passed the triple IEC stability certification of TÜV Rheinland.
To accelerate innovation, GCL works together with Suzhou Laboratory and Soochow University to establish the world’s first AI-driven high-throughput Perovskite Research Center, on site. The LAB integrates artificial intelligence with high transit experiments to optimize materials formulation and process design.
The company said that the modules have already undergone Veldvalidation in various environments, including locations at high altitudes in the province of Qinghai, demonstration projects in the Gobi Desert and pilots with coastal building-in-built photovoltaic (BIPV). These projects are said to show the adaptability of GCL’s Perovskiet technology to extreme UV radiation, temperature fluctuations and saline solution or dusty conditions.
GCL plans to scale up production through a dual-track strategy of mass production and application-specific demonstrations. It also investigates the integration of perovskiet modules with long-term storage and green hydrogen systems to support a vertically integrated low-carbon energy ecosystem that covers solar energy, green chemicals and data computing.
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