Development of the high concentration III-V photovoltaic system at INER, Taiwan

Cherng-Tsong Kuo, Hwa-Yuh Shin, Hwen-Fen Hong, Chih-Hung Wu, Cheng-Dar Lee, I.-Tao Lung and Yao-Tung Hsu

Renewable Energy, 2009, vol. 34, issue 8, 1931-1933

Abstract: The 100kW high concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) system has been constructed in October 2007 at the Institute of Nuclear Energy Research (INER), Taiwan. The maximum module efficiency with a geometrical concentration ratio of 476× is about 26.1% under 850W/m2 DNI and passive cooling conditions [Cherng-Tsong Kuo. The project of demonstrating MW high concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) system. Science and technology yearbook of Taiwan. ROC; 2008]. The 100kW HCPV system consists of 14 sets of pillar-stand 5kW systems and 21 sets of roof-top 1.5kW systems. Each 5kW system and 1.5kW are comprised of 40 modules and 12 modules respectively. Each module was integrated with 40 solar cells with 35% conversion efficiency each, manufactured by Spectrolab Company, the highest III-V solar cell conversion efficiency record keeper. This project is the pioneer for the establishment of one MW HCPV demonstration system in 2008.

Keywords: High concentration photovoltaic; Tracker; Sun position sensor; Solar cell; Institute of Nuclear Energy Research; Conversion efficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2008.12.014

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