Entech Solar, www.entechsolar.com – a developer of sustainable energy and lighting solutions like the state-of-the-art Entech™ Tubular Skylight, announced yesterday that it expects to submit its latest product, the SolarVolt™ concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) solar module, for independent certification testing by Sept. 30.
This announcement marks a milestone for the Company on the road to full commercialization of this latest CPV offering, which is engineered to satisfy demand from industrial, government, utility and large-scale commercial sources seeking a robust yet sustainable energy solution.
Full certification is projected for the middle of 2011 as global demand for photovoltaics surges.
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) document IEC 62108 defines the certification protocols for the SolarVolt which are designed to emulate environmental conditions.
Due to the 50% drop in price per watt of one-sun photovoltaic modules over the last two years, ENSL has moved to grab as much of the market as possible with the low-cost, robust and reliable SolarVolt CPV module design.
Based on previous proven generations of modules designed by ENSL, the SolarVolt represents a culmination of the Company’s 30 years of firsthand experience developing CPV technology for space- and land-based applications.
Everything from work on the electrical/thermal ThermaVolt (CPVT) module, to the 24-year track record developing CPV systems for the DOD and NASA, went into this newest product.
Previous generations utilized an extremely reliable primary optical concentrator employing the symmetrical-refraction, arched shape, Fresnel lens design principle used in the triple-junction cells of the SCARLET array on NASA’s Deep Space 1.
High-efficiency, low-cost silicon cells under the line-focus lenses are employed in this case, as the targeted use is terrestrial; the result of the 20X geometric concentration ratio in the module is a 95% savings in overall area, as well as the cost per watt of output.
CEO of ENSL, David Gelbaum, spoke of extensive testing on the modules and components outdoors, as well as in the Company’s environment chambers, in what is believed to be the world’s largest solar simulator (107 ft long).
Gelbaum cited the leadership of CTO Mark O’Neill as being instrumental in advancing the CPV module towards commercialization, and indicated that the Company has partnered with Tempe, Arizona-based TUV Rheinland Photovoltaic Testing Laboratory (ISO 17025 accredited by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation). Gelbaum projects 7-8 months to complete the testing.
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