Semprius and Siemens Agree to Co-develop Demonstration CPV Systems
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Author: CompoundSemi News Staff

February 8, 2010... Semprius, Inc. and Siemens Industry, Inc. have entered into a joint development agreement to co-develop and deploy plug-and-play demonstration Concentrator Photovoltaic (CPV) systems based on Semprius’ Solar Module Arrays and Siemens’ automation and control components. The systems are to be installed at numerous international test sites including major utilities, commercial sites, and government facilities.

Semprius boasts that its scalable and efficient Solar Module Arrays offer the benefits of low installed cost and high capacity factor which combined enable very low energy costs in sunny, dry climates. Semprius says that they are applicable to a wide range of projects from distributed commercial and industrial to large scale utility installations. The U.S. Department of Energy selected Semprius this month to receive support through a $3 million subcontract from DOE’s PV Technology Incubator, which aims to accelerate commercialization of its solar photovoltaic systems. Siemens will integrate its components with Semprius PV module arrays. Then, together the companies will implement the test systems to validate performance of the combined technologies.

“Competitive project deployment cost for CPV will be the key for the success of this technology. Combining Siemens’ advanced automation and control equipment with Semprius Module Arrays has the potential to deliver electricity at grid level prices to both industrial and utility scale customers,” said Peter Krause, Business Segment Manager, Siemens Industry, Inc. Semprius News Release

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