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Online Solar Cell Archive

Go to Archive Artifact 327

Spire Solar Module

Part number or Serial Number 87717c

Photograph by MOSE from Timothy Silverman collection at NREL.

Company	Spire
Year (approximate)	1980s
Cell Type	Mono-crystalline, Silicon
Location	NREL

Part No.	Unknown
Primary Use	Experimental,
Acquisition	Donated

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