While many photovoltaic manufacturers R&D programs are under stress in the face of tough market conditions, First Solar is looking to collaboration with computer processing solution company Intermolecular to deliver gains. Intermolecular claims its High Productivity Combinatorial platform can deliver R&D productivity increases.
In a statement announcing the agreement, First Solars CTO Raffi Garabedian, who assumed to role in May 2012, said that the companys CdTe technology can be developed faster and with better performance through its work with Intermolecular. "This program targets disruptive advances in our module performance which will be additive to our current roadmap.
CTO Garabedian formerly headed up First Solars Disruptive Technologies program.
Referencing First Solars development into a project developer as well as module manufacturer, Garabedian emphasized that the collaboration will "bear fruit" for its power plant customers.
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