Title :
Progress in the Concentrator Initiative Program
Author :
Maish, Alexander B.
Author_Institution :
Photovoltaic Technol. Res. Dept., Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
Progress made by the eight participating solar cell and solar collector manufacturers since the beginning of the US Department of Energy´s multi-year photovoltaic Concentrator Initiative Program is reviewed. Point and line-focus cell manufacturers achieved peak efficiencies between 19% and 25% with designs that could be manufactured commercially. Collector manufacturers delivered prototype hardware of point and line-focus collectors representing commercially producible technology
Keywords :
government policies; project engineering; solar absorber-convertors; solar cells; solar energy concentrators; 19 to 25 percent; Concentrator Initiative Program; Department of Energy; USA; commercial manufacture; design; line-focus cell; point-focus cell; solar cell; solar collector; Contracts; Costs; Crystalline materials; Laboratories; Manufacturing industries; Photovoltaic systems; Production; Prototypes; Silicon; Solar power generation;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1993., Conference Record of the Twenty Third IEEE
Conference_Location :
Louisville, KY
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1220-1
DOI :
10.1109/PVSC.1993.346951
