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Guide to Interconnecting Small PV Systems for Participation in NC Green Power

This paper outlines the steps to interconnecting small photovoltaic PV systems to the utility grid with the intention of selling electricity to the NC GreenPower Program. It is not a technical guide to the actual installation of a system, but it covers basic issues such as siting, system configuration, and...

Tags: Manufacturing, Thin clients, photovoltaics, network computer, financing

White papers 2004-11-01

Improvements in PV Performance and Yield (Inspire)

The objective of this paper was to improve the production yield, cost-effectiveness and quality of multi-crystalline silicon ingots. It was directed towards increases in the size of ingots that can be grown in a standard furnace and also at the recycling of silicon that is cut off, and lost at...

Tags: Semiconductors, silicon, photovoltaics, cost savings

White papers 2003-05-16

Monitoring of Photovoltaic Array at the BRE Environmental Building

This paper provides information about the project, whose objectives are to evaluate the performance of an amorphous silicon PV array taking into account solar radiation, and operating temperature fluctuations, comparing it to that of a typical crystalline silicon array. The comparison also covers costs of the system elements and installation....

Tags: Manufacturing, Semiconductors, photovoltaics, silicon, monitoring, performance

White papers 2002-03-26

Photovoltaic Materials, Past, Present, Future

This paper traces briefly the history of this photovoltaic materials and it tries to look at possible future scenarios. A large part of the paper is concerned with silicon although from solid-state physics we know that silicon is not the ideal material for photovoltaic conversion. The conventional technology still has...

Tags: Manufacturing, Reed Elsevier Inc., photovoltaics, silicon, cost reduction

White papers 2000-03-29

Additional Resources

Solar Power, Inc. Closes Hardware Sale for More Than $20 Million With South Korean Based Solar Distributor/Installer

Roseville-based Solar Power, Inc. Ramping Factory Output Through International Business Growth Strategy ROSEVILLE, Calif. -- Solar Power, Inc. ("SPI") (OTCBB:SOPW) has entered into an agreement to provide a large Korean distributor/installer with 5 megawatts of the Company's SP200 solar modules. The modules will be used as part of...

Articles 2008-06-02

Solar Energy Company Sencera raises $3.6 Million to Build 1 Megawatt PV Manufacturing Platform

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Sencera International Corporation, a photovoltaic thin film module and systems developer, announced today that it has secured a $3.6 million equity investment. Funds will be used to accelerate increases in cell efficiency and to complete process integration of the Viper[TM] manufacturing platform. This process is projected to...

Articles 2008-04-15

Rapid system prototyping; proceedings

Rapid system prototyping; proceedings. Workshop on Rapid System Prototyping (17th: 2006: Chania, Crete) Computer Society Press 2006 238 pages $141.00 Paperback TA174 Focusing on the fast development of systems, 32 papers from the June...

Articles 2006-09-01

Secure power supply for critical applications: installing a UPS is an exercise in risk management. Without it electronic hardware and the costly data it contains is threatened by Africa's frequent power-quality failures.(Information Technology)

WHEN A TOP retailer wanted an uninterruptible power supply system to protect its Durban regional headquarters last year it turned to local UPS specialists Square One Power Solutions. A proven 60KW APC Silicon unit was duly supplied, able to provide a protective 20 minutes of 'clean'...

Articles 2005-12-01

New PV System Installed at Local CA Hardware Store

RWE SCHOTT Solar, Inc. RSS recently announced the installation of a new 145-kilowatt photovoltaic PV system at the Hills Flat Lumber Company hardware store in Colfax, CA. According to RSS, the system, which employs 528 RWE SCHOTT Solar ASE 300 Series modules, is capable of generating approximately 92...

Articles 2004-11-16

Uni-Solar Ovonic Installs 300 kW Ground-Mounted Photovoltaic System in Luxemburg; Largest Triple-Junction Thin-Film Amorphous Silicon Photovoltaic Array In Europe

United Solar Ovonic LLC (Uni-Solar Ovonic), the world leader in thin-film amorphous silicon solar technology and a wholly owned subsidiary of Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. , today announced the installation of the largest photovoltaic PV system in Europe using triple-junction thin-film amorphous silicon solar technology. The photovoltaic array,...

Articles 2003-10-28

Mass Production of CdTe Modules Possible.

A team led by Kurt L. Barth (1205 W. Elizabeth, Suite E164, Fort Collins, CO 80521; Tel: 970/491-8411) has discovered a process for the large scale manufacturing of low-cost cadmium telluride CdTe photovoltaic modules. The mass production process involves innovations in manufacturing techniques and hardware. The process...

Articles 2002-08-01

Photovoltaic system. (New Products).

The Garland Co. Inc., Cleveland, introduces SolarGrid[TM], a modular photovoltaic PV system that offers building owners the opportunity to generate reliable, pollution-free power on their rooftops by converting sunlight directly to electricity. Prior to installing the system, one of Garland's trained representatives provides a complete...

Articles 2002-05-01

Got power? Solar-array inverter can tell

Koucky, Sherri; Mraz, Stephen Machine Design 12-07-2000 Got power? Solar-array inverter can tellByline: Koucky, Sherri; Mraz, StephenVolume: 72Number: 23ISSN: 00249114Publication Date: 12-07-2000Page: 30Type: PeriodicalLanguage: EnglishEngineers at Sandia National Laboratory have devised a safe and simple way to connect electricity-producing photovoltaic PV systems to utility-company power grids. Called the nonislanding...

Articles 2000-12-07

Got power? Solar-array inverter can tell.

Engineers at Sandia National Laboratory have devised a safe and simple way to connect electricity-producing photovoltaic PV systems to utility-company power grids. Called the nonislanding inverter, the software-based method will likely be standard on all future inverters used to turn dc current from solar arrays into...

Articles 2000-12-07

IPC/Photocom

Track circuit solar-power systems are two-volt photovoltaic power systems. Designed "from-the-ground-up," these systems include: rugged vandal resistant photovoltaic arrays, theft-proof enclosures and complete mounting hardware. The solar electric power systems include all necessary components for a complete installation and are available with a variety of battery sizes and chemistries to...

Articles 1999-06-01

NASA COMPLETES SHIPMENT OF FIRST STATION HARDWARE TO RUSSIA

NASA has completed the second of two shipments of solar panel modules, marking delivery of the first U.S. Space Station flight hardware for NASA's cooperative space endeavors with Russia. The hardware shipments each consisted of 45 solar panel modules that were developed for the Mir...

Articles 1994-12-21

A catalog of independent power systems and components. - book reviews

J. BALDWIN: Who knows best which components work well together? Not the manufacturers -- they only know their own products. Not the individul owners of various hardware -- they only know their personal experience. It takes a well-established dealer that's been in business a few years...

Articles 1985-05-01