TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ELECTRICAL POWER AND ENERGY - Preferred Device: In the photovoltaic module assembly, the stiffening element comprises a vertical stiffening element, a horizontal stiffening element, a diagonal stiffening element, or its combination. It comprises a honeycomb array, a triangular array, an R6 array, a hexakis array, or its combination. The stiffening element comprises a honeycomb array. The support layer comprises openings, where the openings are filled. The photovoltaic module has an increased stiffness and/or an increased flexural strength as compared to a photovoltaic module that does not comprise the support layer. The photovoltaic module assembly further comprises a connector, where the connector is part of the first layer. Connector is welded to the first layer and/or the second layer. Preferred Parameters: The support layer has a thickness of 1 to 35 mm. Thickness of the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer is each independently 0.5 to 25 mm. The thickness of the first layer is 1.2 to 1.5 mm. First layer has one or both of a haze level of 0% to 6% when measured at a thickness of 5.0 mm or a transparency of greater than or equal to 80 as measured in accordance with ASTM D1003-00, Procedure A or Procedure B, using lamp D65. The second layer and/or the third layer are opaque. The second layer is white. The third layer is black. The photovoltaic layer has a thickness of 0.5 to 10 mm.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - POLYMERS - Preferred Components: The first layer, the second layer, and the third layer each independently comprise a thermoplastic material. It comprises poly(methyl methacrylate), polycarbonate, or its combination. The first layer comprises poly(methyl methacrylate) and is free from a coating. The second layer and/or the third layer comprise an acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer, a polycarbonate-acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer, poly(phenylene oxide), polypropylene, or its combination. Preferably, the first layer comprises poly(methyl methacrylate) and the second layer and/or the third layer comprise an acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer. The photovoltaic layer further comprises a cured composition, where the cured composition is thermally cured, cured by ultraviolet radiation, or catalyst cured. The cured composition comprises a cured silicone that is an ultraviolet cured silicone or a thermally cured silicone.