The third generation of energy by way of solar concentration (PVC) becomes the subject of the field of solar energy. The photovoltaic power generation has experienced the first generation of crystalline silicon cells and second-generation thin-film battery is currently the process of industrialization, are turning increasingly to the production systems highly efficient power CPV.laptop battery , Compared to the previous two generations of cell multi-junction III-V CPV composed of cells, with a spectral absorption efficiency of high conversion and so on.
CPV superiority of the system
CPV systems have advantages and performance at high temperature conversion rates. According to reports, the theoretical conversion efficiency of silicon cells about 23%, single-junction GaAs cells theoretical conversion efficiency up to 27%, CPV using multi-junction III-V batteries on family absorption spectra of a more comprehensive, its conversion rate theory can not exceed 50%. Even taking into account the condenser and the tracking error resulting from the loss, the current CPV system conversion efficiency up to 25%, much higher than the crystalline silicon cells currently about 17% efficiency conversion. At the same time, the Department of attenuation performance GaAs battery temperature is higher than silicon cells, more appropriate for the high desert sun. y9943, fk890
At the same time, the CPV system, more energy efficient production process environmentally friendly. Concentrator photovoltaic cells needed for the size of many larger smaller. Up to hundreds of times HCPV systems, these cell size can be converted size field of energy conversion devices. Amount of savings in semiconductor materials, while reducing the production cost of solar energy systems and energy consumption, so that the energy of CPV is a recovery period shorter.
With CPV technology is more mature, and the expansion of production scale, widely expected this year, a lower level can be achieved in a quasi-crystalline cost of electricity as silicon cells thin film. The future, if the production equipment for solar energy production of a carbon tax is levied, CPV focus solely on the payback period of 1-2 months, crystalline silicon and thin film batteries have more one year will be extended only once, the relative cost advantages of the CPV will be more pronounced.
High-speed market development
At present, the CPV worldwide installed as 200mW. Are expected in the coming years, with the technological advantages and benefits of implementation costs, market size will grow explosively. The next 10 years the annual growth rate is expected to average more than 40%. Currently, only a small demonstration plant to power in China in the future, as the capacity of PV and CPV will also gradually open the market.
Currently, there are no mature domestic equipment manufacturers CPV, a strong dependence on imports. In the A-share listed companies, MACRO, three-year opto-electronics, Kazakhstan Hi-Tech and a number of listed companies, the future is expected from the CPV with the rapid expansion of market performance.
Among them, Wanjiale currently owns 25% of the new Thermaltake optoelectronics, is the parent company under the franchise HCPV solar power modules and systems for energy development, design and industrialization of hi-tech.
3 is also the main photoelectric An LED chip production technology and the CPV, which are associated with business development advantage. Its CPV systems use dual-axis tracking, sony vgp-bps2 , concentrating 500 times module mode, the conversion efficiency of the system about 25% -26%. To be completed in the first quarter of the city of Golmud, Qinghai Province, 3 MW power project demonstration plant. This year performance goals for the 20 MW and 50 MW.
New Huaguang main income comes from a subsidiary of days to products of crystalline silicon photovoltaic solar cells, while the company is also China’s second largest manufacturer of optical glass. The future size of the CPV market should benefit from expansion.
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Solar concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) The essential principle is the use of lenses and curved mirrors made from table magnification centered on the sun’s rays on solar cells, using the sun tracker to follow the angle of insolation, so that sunlight can always focus on the solar battery with less material, resulting in a higher power. It is understood that a few square centimeters of solar cells, you can focus up to 500 cm ^ of the sun, reducing considerably the use of expensive panels, so only 0.1% of traditional photovoltaic solar system, satellite a105 battery , materials of solar cell.