Concentrator Photovoltaics: The Next Step Towards Better Solar Power

By Lauren J. Young for IEEE Spectrum:  Today’s concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) technologies have shown promising potential for more efficient solar power. The latest systems are said to be capable of handling the power of a hundred suns. Yet prototypes have failed to compete with cheaper flat panel solar systems that dominate the market. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E) is determined to push CPV to the next level. On 24 August, at the Clean Energy Summit, U.S. President Barack Obama and Energy Secretary Ernest Monizannounced a program called MOSAIC that will invest $24 million into CPV solar technology development. Why can’t today’s CPV systems compete? The concentrators can only convert direct sunlight into energy, missing out on the large fraction of sunlight diffracted by clouds and the atmosphere. Manufacturing costs of concentrator apparatuses have also prevented CPV from reaching mass production.   Cont'd...

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Solar Power International in Anaheim from September 14-17

Amcor Expands Availability of Lightweight, Flexible Solar 
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Durable, highly transparent Halar ECTFE-based films offer massive
weight reduction and flexibility by replacing glass in photovoltaic modules

Global solar technology leader APS rebrands as APsystems

APS, a global leader in solar technology, is now APsystems. The brand refinement highlights the company's commitment to powerful alternative energy solutions, and its evolution from a product-oriented portfolio to a whole-systems innovator. The phrase "Altenergy Power," a nod to the company's original legal name, will appear beneath APsystems in the company's new mark.

Canadian Solar Announces Partnership in 200 Megawatt Tranquillity Solar Power Project

The Tranquillity project, covering an area of 1,900 acres in Fresno County, is expected to reach commercial operation in the fourth quarter of 2016.

Southern Company subsidiary acquires 200-MW California solar project

Tops 350 MW of solar ownership in the state

JA Solar to Supply 70 MW of Modules to Australia's Moree Solar Farm

"The Moree Solar Farm is currently the largest solar farm under construction in Australia."

ReneSola Sells 34.6 MW Utility Scale Project in the UK

This represents ReneSola's second project sale to Foresight Group.

NASA Seeks Proposals for Extreme Environment Solar Arrays

NASA's space technology program is seeking proposals to develop solar array systems for space power in high radiation and low solar energy environments.

Ming Yang Co-Founded Guangdong Renewable Energy Industry Fund

Ming Yang expects to make a limited partner capital commitment of up to RMB1 billion to the Guangdong Renewable Energy Industry Fund (the "Fund"), a fund to be established and managed by Oriental Millennium.

UGE International and Alpha Energy to Collaborate on Microgrid Projects

Companies see alliance on renewable energy projects as large contributor to future growth in fast growing distributed solar and microgrid sector

Visionary Project Led By UC-Riverside, SolarMax Technology, Government and Industry Partners Points the Way to Solar's Future

Shows Potential for Commercial-Scale Storage and Distribution

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