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Concentrated Solar Photovoltaics Reduce Long-term Solar Energy Costs

Mila Luleva — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 19:01:11 +0000

RayGen Reseources, a company that provides solar power services, based in Melbourne, was granted a funding of $1.6 million to produce a 2kW concentrated solar photovoltaic (CPV) prototype and a 200kW pilot plant. The new technology is the first ever to combine high efficiency solar cells and a low cost heliostat collector system. This technology […]

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Is the Downfall of SolFocus a Harbinger of Doom for CPV Modules?

Leigh Hutchens — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 07:30:59 +0000

San Jose-based SolFocus may serve as a harbinger of things to come for the solar panel industry. Admitting financial difficulty, SolFocus has announced that the latest rounds of venture capital investment have fallen through, and in order to survive, the company needs a buyout. SolFocus manufactures concentrating photovoltaic modules (CPV) which uses lenses or mirrors […]

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Israeli Company Builds Floating Concentrated Solar Panels To Help Clearing Lands

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 13:59:11 +0000

Keeping the land clear for useful projects is vital to some countries that have limited space and that have to manage it as tightly as possible.
If those countries will want to rely on solar power in the future, they'll have to find solutions for managing their solar fields and the land is just not proper for that in some cases. But water bodies are.

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