Concentrix Solar to Deploy Megawatt CPV System at Chevron Facility
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Author: CompoundSemi News Staff

February 24, 2010... Concentrix Solar, a recent acquisition of the Soitec Group of Germany, signed an agreement to deploy a one MW CPV power plant for Chevron Technology Ventures. Concentrix says that the concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) plant will be installed at the Cheveron Mining facility in Questa, New Mexico USA. The plant will leverage Concentrix's Flatcon technology. The Flatcon modules are comprised of a lens plate (Fresnel lens) and a base plate on which the high performance solar cells are mounted. The Fresnel lens focuses sunlight concentrated by a factor of almost 500 on the solar cells beneath. Concentrix boasts that it will be the largest CPV installation in the USA and among the largest in the world. Chevron stated in a press release that the power produced will be sold through a power purchase agreement to the Kit Carson Electric Cooperative. Concentrix Solar CEO, Hansjorg Lerchenmuller commented, "With their high direct normal irradiance and their high energy demand, the Southwestern states of the USA are perfectly suited for our CPV technology. Our Flatcon technology's high-precision, two-axis tracking system helps utilities to match U.S. peak power demands. "

In the USA, Concentrix Solar previously installed a demo system on the University of California San Diego campus which confirmed system efficiencies (AC) of 25 percent. Concentrix's production facility in Frieburg, Germany has a current capacity of 25 megawatts; further expansion is planned. Concentrix Solar News Release

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