A hybrid photovoltaic (PV) module includes a bifacial PV module that has an upper sheet of glass, a lower sheet of glass arranged spaced apart and substantially parallel to the upper sheet of glass, and a plurality of PV cells sandwiched between the upper and lower sheets of glass. The upper sheet of glass has an outside surface on an opposite side from the plurality of PV cells. The hybrid PV module also includes a plurality of copper wires bonded to the outside surface of the upper sheet of glass so as to extend across a width thereof: a plurality of multijunction (MJ) PV cell assemblies positioned and bonded to the outside surface of the upper glass sheet, each MJ cell assembly of the plurality of MJ cell assemblies including an MJ cell, a secondary optical assembly and first and second conductive connectors, each being electrically and thermally connected to the MJ cell and to at least a respective one of the plurality of copper wires; and an upper lens array of a full size of the bifacial PV module and being attached in position there above.

A hybrid photovoltaic (PV) module includes a bifacial PV module that has an upper sheet of glass, a lower sheet of glass arranged spaced apart and substantially parallel to the upper sheet of glass, and a plurality of PV cells sandwiched between the upper and lower sheets of glass. The upper sheet of glass has an outside surface on an opposite side from the plurality of PV cells. The hybrid PV module also includes a plurality of copper wires bonded to the outside surface of the upper sheet of glass so as to extend across a width thereof: a plurality of multijunction (MJ) PV cell assemblies positioned and bonded to the outside surface of the upper glass sheet, each MJ cell assembly of the plurality of MJ cell assemblies including an MJ cell, a secondary optical assembly and first and second conductive connectors, each being electrically and thermally connected to the MJ cell and to at least a respective one of the plurality of copper wires; and an upper lens array of a full size of the bifacial PV module and being attached in position there above.