Patent ID: 6963024

Claim:
A solar cell module comprising: a plurality of solar cells having a plurality of parallel grooves on the individual light-receiving surfaces thereof, each of the grooves having an electrode for extracting output on the inner side face (referred to as electrode-forming inner side face, hereinafter) on one side in the width-wise direction thereof; and a support for supporting the solar cells in an integrated manner so as to direct the light-receiving surfaces upward; wherein the plurality of solar cells are attached to the support so that the longitudinal directions of the grooves nearly coincide with each other, and so that the electrode-forming inner side faces are arranged on the same side; wherein the plurality of solar cells are attached the support so that positions of the electrode-forming inner side faces are arbitrarily selected between a first position and a second position which are in a 180°-inverted positional relation within a plane parallel to the light-receiving surface; and wherein the plurality of solar cells are collectively attached to a cell holding member, the cell holding member being attached to an installation base as the support with the aid of a detachable joining mechanism, and being configured so that variation in the direction of attachment of the cell holding member to the installation base results in positional changes in the electrode-forming inner side faces of the plurality of solar cells collectively between the first position and the second position.