Title :
Cost-effective high intensity concentrated photovoltaic system
Author :
Sater, Bernard ; Perales, Mico ; Jackson, Jon ; Gadkari, Sagar ; Zahuranec, Terry
Author_Institution :
GreenField Solar Corp., Oberlin, OH, USA
Abstract :
A 500+ sun high intensity, dense array CPV system, the StarGen™ solar concentrator, was designed and built. The StarGen™ solar concentrator was designed to capitalize on the unique features of the high intensity, high performance PhotoVolt™ solar cell. Unique characteristics of the PhotoVolt™ solar cell enable very dense packing of solar cells, resulting in a 12 m2 solar concentrator system with two focal points, each containing 100 cm2 of cells. It is this dense array CPV system design approach that GreenField Solar believes will long-term deliver the lowest cost per kWh of electricity.
Keywords :
photovoltaic power systems; power generation economics; solar cell arrays; solar energy concentrators; StarGen solar concentrator; cost-effective high intensity concentrated photovoltaic system; high intensity dense array CPV system; photovolt solar cell; Arrays; Green products; Junctions; Photovoltaic cells; Receivers; Silicon; Sun; CPV; PV; concentrator; hybrid; photovoltaic; solar energy; thermal;
Conference_Titel :
Energytech, 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Cleveland, OH
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0777-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0775-9
DOI :
10.1109/EnergyTech.2011.5948503
