Photovoltaic manufacturing technology (PVMAT) improvements for ENTECH's concentrator module

Conference · Thu Jun 30 04:00:00 EDT 1994 · AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (United States)

OSTI ID:7011912

O'Neill, M J ^[1]

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1. ENTECH, Inc., 1015 Royal Lane (P.O. Box 612246), Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, Texas 75261-2246 (United States)

With significant assistance from the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE), Sandia National Labs (Sandia), and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), our technical team has been developing, field-testing, refining, and commercializing linear Fresnel lens photovoltaic concentrator technology for the past 15 years (Table I). In 1991 we completed Phase 1 of a DOE-sponsored Photovoltaic Manufacturing Technology (PVMaT) project. We are now performing Phase 2A of our PVMaT project. The key objective of our PVMaT project is to design, develop, and implement improved manufacturing processes for our fourth-generation concentrator module. The improved processes are being engineered to simultaneously achieve enhanced product quality (i.e., improved module efficiency, reliability, and field lifetime), higher production volume (10 MV/year initial rate), and lower production costs ($1.25/W[sub peak] goal). Under our PVMaT project, we have made significant improvements in manufacturing technology for our fourth-generation concentrator module, and the key results to date are summarized in the following paragraphs.

• OSTI ID: 7011912
• Report Number(s): CONF-9310273--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (United States) Journal Volume: 306:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
140501 -- Solar Energy Conversion-- Photovoltaic Conversion
141000* -- Solar Collectors & Concentrators
CONCENTRATOR SOLAR CELLS
COST ESTIMATION
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
EFFICIENCY
EQUIPMENT
FABRICATION
FRESNEL LENS
HEAT SINKS
JOINING
LENSES
MANUFACTURING
PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
PRISMS
SINKS
SOLAR CELLS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLDERING
WELDING