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clipped from www.worldofphotovoltaics.com China's largest solar module producer SunTech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (STP.NYSE) recently announced that it has achieved conversion efficiencies of 19 percent on monocrystalline PV cells and 17 percent on multicrystalline PV cells with its Pluto technology, rising 2.5 and 1.5 percentage points as compared to the efficiencies respectively using conventional screen-printed technology. The big improvement in the conversion efficiency will help the solar cell producer slash its cost by a big margin. SunTech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (STP.NYSE), allied with Energy Conservation Investment Corporation, recently offered a on-grid solar power price of 1.3-1.4 yuan/kWh in bidding for the 10-MW solar photovoltaic (PV) power project in Dunhuang of Northwest China's Gansu Province. Source with SunTech said that this 1.3-1.4 yuan/kWh on-grid solar power price will secure profits for builder and operator of the 10MW solar power project.