A solar module comprising: a. an active portion and b. a support portion, wherein the support portion and the active portion each comprise: i. an upper surface, ii. a lower surface, iii. or both; wherein the upper surface or the lower surface of the support portion includes: a plurality of reinforcement ribs; wherein the plurality of reinforcement ribs are a series of interconnected closed patterns, a plurality of closed patterns located adjacent to one another, a plurality of partially interconnected patterns through the upper surface and/or lower surface; or a combination thereof, and the reinforcement ribs are substantially similar repeating structures, symmetrical, non-symmetrical, a circle, triangle, a polygon, a diamond, pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon, nonagon, decagon, a hectogon, or a combination thereof so that a series of reinforcement ribs substantially cover the support portion; and wherein the solar module includes one or more of the following: A. the support portion includes an intermediate portion and an overlap support portion and the intermediate portion acts as a structural interface between the active portion and the support portion, and the intermediate portion includes one or more gate locations (10, 12); B. the plurality of reinforcement ribs extend at an angle along the support portion so that an effective modulus of the support portion along a width direction is substantially equal to an effective modulus of the support portion along a length direction; or C. the active portion has a length that is measured from an edge proximate to the support portion to an opposing edge of the active portion, and the support portion includes an overlap support portion and an intermediate portion, the support portion having a length that is measured from an edge proximate to the active portion to an opposing edge of the overlap support portion, and the length of the overlap support portion plus the intermediate portion is substantially the same or greater than the length of the active portion. a. an active portion and b. a support portion, i. an upper surface, ii. a lower surface, iii. or both; a plurality of reinforcement ribs; wherein the plurality of reinforcement ribs are a series of interconnected closed patterns, a plurality of closed patterns located adjacent to one another, a plurality of partially interconnected patterns through the upper surface and/or lower surface; or a combination thereof, and the reinforcement ribs are substantially similar repeating structures, symmetrical, non-symmetrical, a circle, triangle, a polygon, a diamond, pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon, nonagon, decagon, a hectogon, or a combination thereof so that a series of reinforcement ribs substantially cover the support portion; and A. the support portion includes an intermediate portion and an overlap support portion and the intermediate portion acts as a structural interface between the active portion and the support portion, and the intermediate portion includes one or more gate locations (10, 12); B. the plurality of reinforcement ribs extend at an angle along the support portion so that an effective modulus of the support portion along a width direction is substantially equal to an effective modulus of the support portion along a length direction; or C. the active portion has a length that is measured from an edge proximate to the support portion to an opposing edge of the active portion, and the support portion includes an overlap support portion and an intermediate portion, the support portion having a length that is measured from an edge proximate to the active portion to an opposing edge of the overlap support portion, and the length of the overlap support portion plus the intermediate portion is substantially the same or greater than the length of the active portion.