Lux Research, June 26th, 2012 According to a new report from Lux Research, “Putting High‐Concentrating Photovoltaics into Focus,” the concentrated PV market will expand extensively in the next five years. The market for high-concentrating photovoltaics (HCPV), also known as concentrated photovoltaics (CPV), will be worth $1.6 billion by 2017. The June 26 report claims that…
Sharp, May 31st, 2012 Developed within the NGCPV project by Japan’s SHARP, achieves world record for PV energy conversion, 43.5% efficiency at 306 suns. This conversion efficiency record has been confirmed by NGCPV participant, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy (one of the several organizatiosn around the world that officially certifies energy conversion efficiency measurementsin solar…
Nature Photonics, Feb 2012 In its February issue Nature Photonics, the prestigious scientific journal, publishes a review article on the Intermediate Band Solar Cell (IBSC), one of the so-called 3rd generation PV concepts with the potential to boost conversion efficiency, now being a topic of reserarch of solid state phyiscs labs worldwide. Such as multijunction…
Miyazaki, 2-4 Dec. 2011 From Dec 2nd to 4th, the first semester meeting of the “New Generation CPV” (NGCPV) Project was held in Miyazaki (Japan). Most spectacular result presented, was that of SHARP of a 43.2% efficient cell at 413 suns. Also presented the week before at PVSEC-21 in Fukuoka, SHARP reserachers report this result…
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, June 14th, 2011 On past 14th and 15th of June the kick-off meeting of the “New Generation CPV” (NGCPV) Project was held at the Instituto de Energía Solar of Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Partly funded jointly by NEDO (Japan’s New Energy and Development Technological Organization) and the European Commission, the meeting…
PV Insider, August 16th, 2010 Italian legislation has so far left CPV out in the cold. But that is set to change next year writes Jason Deign with the introduction of feed-in tariffs that could create an important new market for the industry. Italian legislation has so far left CPV out in the cold. But…
Business Wire, April 14, 2011 Solar Junction, a developer of high efficiency multi-junction cells for the concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) market, today announced it has set a world-record for 43.5 percent efficiency on a commercial-ready production cell. This achievement was, in part, supported under the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) PV Incubator Program, managed through DOE’s…
PV Insider, August 16th, 2010 Italian legislation has so far left CPV out in the cold. But that is set to change next year writes Jason Deign with the introduction of feed-in tariffs that could create an important new market for the industry. Italian legislation has so far left CPV out in the cold. But…
Junta de Castilla la Mancha, July 30th, 2010 At the presentation of the project ‘Sigmasoles: innovation in photovoltaic concentration in Spain’ by the Institute of Concentration Photovoltaic Systems (ISFOC) yesterday in Puertollano, the Deputy Regional Minister of Science and Technology, Enrique Díez Barra, highlighted the Regional Government’s commitment to renewable energies. This project, co-ordinated by…
PV Insider, April 14th, 2009 High levels of solar radiation, efficiency of the CPV systems and cost reduction through mass production are often described as the major factors which will drive CPV technology towards achieving grid parity. It is said that the main obstacle to reaching grid parity lies within the boundaries of cost: mostly…
