17 December 2017. Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers can now predict how much energy solar cells will produce at any location worldwide. Surprisingly, they identified that two types of solar cells (silicon and cadmium telluride) can vary in energy output by 5% or more in tropical regions, where most of the emerging solar cell markets are located.
PHYS.ORG
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-climate-conditions-affect-solar-cell.html
At industryabout.com: