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Friday, September 13, 2013
Soitec Launches New Solar-energy Module Featuring 31.8% Efficiency - The Highest of Any Commercial Module Being Mass Produced Today
Company's newest CPV module is certified to both IEC and UL standards
GRENOBLE, France, September 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Soitec (Euronext), a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials for the electronics and energy industries, today announced its newest concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) module featuring a record power-generating efficiency of 31.8 percent. Soitec's new module, which is already in industrial volume production, has the highest efficiency of any commercial product available for multi-megawatt installations.
Using an optimized anti-reflective coating, Soitec's CX-M500 module increases nominal peak power output over previous generations from 2,335 Wp to 2,450 Wp. The new module has been certified according to the International Electrotechnical Commission's (IEC) and Underwriters Laboratories' (UL) standards (IEC 62108, IEC 62688, UL 62108 and UL SU 8703), confirming that it meets product safety, performance and reliability requirements in both the US and European markets.
"With this new product, Soitec is continuing to raise the bar for solar-power efficiency and, looking ahead, the potential for further improvement is significant," said Gaetan Borgers, executive vice president of Soitec's Solar Energy Division. "Based on our current work in solar-cell development, we are well positioned to achieve even higher module efficiencies in the near future. With our newest commercial modules and their higher efficiencies, we are delivering on our cost-competitiveness roadmap."
Additionally Soitec's new module complies with the California Solar Initiative, so power-plant installations using it can qualify for performance-based incentives from the California Energy Commission (CEC). The module also bears the CE mark, indicating its compliance with the relevant European Union directives, regulations and standards.
Using Soitec's proven Concentrix(TM) technology, each Soitec CPV module comprises a Fresnel lens plate and a bottom plate on which high-performance solar cells are mounted. The Fresnel lenses focus sunlight concentrated by a factor of 500 on the solar cells beneath. The cells are precisely mounted on the bottom plate, enabling the focused sunbeam to align perfectly with the tiny solar cells. In constructing its modules, Soitec uses elements from the circuit board and dual pane window industries, which are both cost effective and have been proven reliable over many years.
The modules are used in assembling Soitec CPV systems. Soitec's tracker-based systems are designed to build high-capacity solar-power plants with low construction and maintenance costs. Soitec's CPV systems can significantly improve the Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCoE) for mid-sized to very large solar-power plants.
With installations in 18 countries around the world, Soitec's CPV technology has proven its competitiveness to generate solar power, largely due to its higher production yields throughout the sunlight hours. In addition, CPV technology's abilities to operate without cooling water, withstand hot ambient temperatures and have minimal environmental impact make it perfectly suited for use in environmentally sensitive desert areas. Soitec is well positioned to expand quickly in the world's sunniest regions, which also are the fastest growing market segments for the solar industry.
Soitec recently announced the signature of a performance-warranty insurance contract with Munich Re, which will ease financing of solar projects using the company's CPV modules.
About Soitec: Soitec is an international manufacturing company, a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials at the frontier of the most exciting energy and electronic challenges. Soitec's products include substrates for microelectronics (most notably SOI: Silicon-on-Insulator) and concentrator photovoltaic systems (CPV). The company's core technologies are Smart Cut(TM), Smart Stacking(TM) and Concentrix(TM), as well as expertise in epitaxy. Applications include consumer and mobile electronics, microelectronics-driven IT, telecommunications, automotive electronics, lighting products and large-scale solar power plants. Soitec has manufacturing plants and R&D centers in France, Singapore, Germany and the United States.
For more information, visit: http://www.soitec.com.
GRENOBLE, France, September 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Soitec (Euronext), a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials for the electronics and energy industries, today announced its newest concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) module featuring a record power-generating efficiency of 31.8 percent. Soitec's new module, which is already in industrial volume production, has the highest efficiency of any commercial product available for multi-megawatt installations.
Using an optimized anti-reflective coating, Soitec's CX-M500 module increases nominal peak power output over previous generations from 2,335 Wp to 2,450 Wp. The new module has been certified according to the International Electrotechnical Commission's (IEC) and Underwriters Laboratories' (UL) standards (IEC 62108, IEC 62688, UL 62108 and UL SU 8703), confirming that it meets product safety, performance and reliability requirements in both the US and European markets.
"With this new product, Soitec is continuing to raise the bar for solar-power efficiency and, looking ahead, the potential for further improvement is significant," said Gaetan Borgers, executive vice president of Soitec's Solar Energy Division. "Based on our current work in solar-cell development, we are well positioned to achieve even higher module efficiencies in the near future. With our newest commercial modules and their higher efficiencies, we are delivering on our cost-competitiveness roadmap."
Additionally Soitec's new module complies with the California Solar Initiative, so power-plant installations using it can qualify for performance-based incentives from the California Energy Commission (CEC). The module also bears the CE mark, indicating its compliance with the relevant European Union directives, regulations and standards.
Using Soitec's proven Concentrix(TM) technology, each Soitec CPV module comprises a Fresnel lens plate and a bottom plate on which high-performance solar cells are mounted. The Fresnel lenses focus sunlight concentrated by a factor of 500 on the solar cells beneath. The cells are precisely mounted on the bottom plate, enabling the focused sunbeam to align perfectly with the tiny solar cells. In constructing its modules, Soitec uses elements from the circuit board and dual pane window industries, which are both cost effective and have been proven reliable over many years.
The modules are used in assembling Soitec CPV systems. Soitec's tracker-based systems are designed to build high-capacity solar-power plants with low construction and maintenance costs. Soitec's CPV systems can significantly improve the Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCoE) for mid-sized to very large solar-power plants.
With installations in 18 countries around the world, Soitec's CPV technology has proven its competitiveness to generate solar power, largely due to its higher production yields throughout the sunlight hours. In addition, CPV technology's abilities to operate without cooling water, withstand hot ambient temperatures and have minimal environmental impact make it perfectly suited for use in environmentally sensitive desert areas. Soitec is well positioned to expand quickly in the world's sunniest regions, which also are the fastest growing market segments for the solar industry.
Soitec recently announced the signature of a performance-warranty insurance contract with Munich Re, which will ease financing of solar projects using the company's CPV modules.
About Soitec: Soitec is an international manufacturing company, a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials at the frontier of the most exciting energy and electronic challenges. Soitec's products include substrates for microelectronics (most notably SOI: Silicon-on-Insulator) and concentrator photovoltaic systems (CPV). The company's core technologies are Smart Cut(TM), Smart Stacking(TM) and Concentrix(TM), as well as expertise in epitaxy. Applications include consumer and mobile electronics, microelectronics-driven IT, telecommunications, automotive electronics, lighting products and large-scale solar power plants. Soitec has manufacturing plants and R&D centers in France, Singapore, Germany and the United States.
For more information, visit: http://www.soitec.com.
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
California and Subsidies for Renewables | The Energy Collective
California has spent two times more on subsidies for solar than nuclear, measured on a per-kilowatt basis, according to a new Breakthrough analysis. The finding challenges a new analysis from DBL investors, which compares nuclear to solar subsidies without accounting for the fact that nuclear generates far more electricity than solar. Comparing subsidies on a dollar-per-kWh basis is more appropriate because it gives a sense of relative effectiveness of subsidies at providing services to society, in this case electricity provision.
http://theenergycollective.com/maxluke/266731/subsidies-solar-two-time
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
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Saturday, August 17, 2013
Solar Energy Tech Innovation | The Energy Collective
When the Carter Administration installed solar panels at the White House back in 1979, photovoltaic cells were space age technology that most households could not afford, aside from the rare DIY-er. Now the price of solar power has been sinking like a stone.
http://theenergycollective.com/node/26178
http://theenergycollective.com/node/26178
Thursday, August 15, 2013
The White House is getting solar panels - Salon.com
title: The White House is getting solar panels description: The installation sends out a long-awaited message about Obama's commitment to renewable energy imageUrl: http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png tags: url: http://salon.com.feedsportal.com/c/35105/f/648624/s/2ffebb51/sc/1/l/0L0
http://www.salon.com/2013/08/15/the_white_house_is_getting_solar_panel
http://www.salon.com/2013/08/15/the_white_house_is_getting_solar_panel
Can solar energy help save Greece?
What happens to renewable energy programs in a country that gets whacked by a full-scale debt crisis, like the one that struck Greece beginning in 2009—do the programs whither and die in the winds of austerity? And how do people view such programs when many of them can't afford to heat their houses?
http://phys.org/news/2013-08-solar-energy-greece.htm
http://phys.org/news/2013-08-solar-energy-greece.htm
Solar, geothermal projects touted at Vegas summit
The Obama administration's top land official praised a geothermal electricity project in California's snow-capped mountains as an example for others during a headline appearance at a green energy conference in Las Vegas.
http://phys.org/news/2013-08-solar-geothermal-touted-vegas-summit.htm
http://phys.org/news/2013-08-solar-geothermal-touted-vegas-summit.htm
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Electric Car Prototype Can Run 12 Miles On Solar Power Alone
Due to the very specific processes by which the universe works, it isn't really possible to power a modern electric car via on-board solar panels. Current photovoltaic cells simply don't produce enough power over a specific area to supply the needs of a power-hungry electric road car. It's why World
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1086233_electric-car-prototype-can
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1086233_electric-car-prototype-can
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
SolarCity to spend $120M on direct marketing company Tech News and Analysis
title: SolarCity to spend $120M on direct marketing company description: A direct marketing company majority-owned by Guthy-Renker -- the Proactiv infomercial folks -- is being acquired by solar panel installer SolarCity. It's time for solar panels to enter the modern marketing age. imageUrl: http://
http://gigaom.com/2013/08/13/solarcity-to-spend-120m-on-direct-marketi
http://gigaom.com/2013/08/13/solarcity-to-spend-120m-on-direct-marketi
Nebraska Solar Tour Aims to Steer Energy Priorities Toward a Cleaner Future : Compass
Lincoln is at a fork in the road when it comes to energy, and many are hoping the city chooses the right path. Faced with a future of clean-energy investment or more-of-the-same coal burning from their utility, about 60 people...
http://sierraclub.typepad.com/compass/2013/08/nebraska-solar-tour.htm
http://sierraclub.typepad.com/compass/2013/08/nebraska-solar-tour.htm
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