NOVELTY - A solar electric module is fabricated by feeding flexible electrical backplane (14) comprising flexible substrate (28) onto planar surface, forming interconnect attachments (22) in electrical contact with exposed interconnect pads, placing conductive contacts (26) in alignment with predetermined locations and in contact with interconnect attachments, providing underlay encapsulant to fill spaces formed between back surfaces of photovoltaic cells (12) and front surface of flexible substrate, and applying curing process into underlay encapsulant and interconnect attachments.    USE - Fabrication of solar electric module.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Fabrication of solar electric module comprises:    (A) feeding flexible electrical backplane (14) comprising flexible substrate (28) onto planar surface, where electrical backplane has preformed conductive interconnects in contact with interconnect pads exposed on front surface of flexible substrate at predetermined locations;    (B) forming interconnect attachments (22) in electrical contact with exposed interconnect pads based on applying interconnect material onto interconnect pads;    (C) placing conductive contacts (26) of photovoltaic cells (12) in alignment with predetermined locations of interconnect pads and in contact with interconnect attachments;    (D) providing underlay encapsulant to fill spaces formed between back surfaces of photovoltaic cells and front surface of flexible substrate; and    (E) applying curing process into underlay encapsulant and interconnect attachments forming conductive path from each conductive contact through one of interconnect attachments to one of interconnect pads.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic side view of solar cell subassembly illustrating solar cells in contact with flex-based interconnect system.    Photovoltaic cells (12)    Flexible electrical backplane (14)    Interconnect attachments (22)    Conductive contacts (26)    Flexible substrate (28)