Prospects for Solar Energy in Russia

E. I. Terukov^a and O. I. Shutkin^b*

^a Research and Development Center for Thin-Film Technologies in the Energy Industry (Thin-Film Technology Center)
under the Ioffe Physicotechnical Institute (Ioffe Institute), Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia

^b Hevel LLC, Novocheboksarsk, Russia

e-mail: e.terukov@hevelsolar.com; shutkin@hevelsolar.com

Received July 13, 2015

Abstract—Solar energy is one of the most promising industries of renewable power engineering. In Russia, the
large-scale development of solar engineering is related to the launch of the production of thin-film solar mod-
ules based on amorphous silicon at Hevel LLC in February 2015. This company is qualified to create a full-
fledged high-tech solar energy industry as an alternative to traditional power sources. Its activity is aimed at
improving the efficiency, reducing the production cost, and expanding the scope of application of solar mod-
ules. In order to support and develop this industry, the Research and Development Center for Thin-Film Tech-
nologies started to operate under the Ioffe Physicotechnical Institute in 2012, its main goal being to improve
the key parameters of solar modules based on amorphous silicon in the interests of Hevel LLC.

Keywords: solar module, solar energy, thin-film technology, amorphous silicon, heterostructural solar cell.

DOI: 10.1134/S1019331616020052

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