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SOLAR ENERGY
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Solar Energy
Renewable, Sustainable, Ecologically
Rational and Profitable
Sun light can be converted into electricity at affordable prices: it’s been always clean, it is now about to be profitable as well.
Thanks to the rapid increase in the conversion-efficiency of multijunction solar cells, and the possibility of offsetting their high cost by using fewer cells to produce the same amount of electrical energy, the cost of electricity converted via CPV (Concentration Photovoltaics) can now virtually compete on a purely economic basis with conventional sources.
To make this feasible, the concentrator parts that replace the numerous solar cells normally used in traditional photovoltaic conversion, and especially the optical elements, need to be inexpensive. LPI transfers all sophistication to the design stage, providing optical parts that perform near the theoretical limits, without substantially increasing the mass production cost of the optics. In other words, for a given system architecture, the optics achieve the maximum acceptance angle for a given concentration factor (or vice versa) and thereby the system efficiency is optimized. The tolerance budget (system acceptance) can be partly invested in an operational safety margin that will prevent energy drops under tracking errors, but also on real up-front costs: cheaper materials, relaxed manufacturing and assembly tolerances, and easier/faster installation/alignment costs.
Very sensitive to environmental issues, and strongly committed to a sustainable energy future, LPI has assembled a team of innovators that has developed solar solutions for the real world. With more than 20 years’ experience in the field, LPI is presently designing CPV systems for major companies. Thanks to the skills of the team and to proprietary tools like the SMS (Simultaneous Multiple Surfaces) method of design, LPI has recently achieved record-breaking conversion efficiencies in this field.
LPI’s versatility and flexibility is probably more evident in this application of its optical technologies than elsewhere. Indeed, services range from consultancy and design to manufacturing of optical parts, all the way to research and technology development. Once LPI understands a customer’s market-strategy, it works in close concert to develop a thorough statement of requirements and then presents candidate architectures and exclusivity plan.
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For more information about CPV concepts and LPI’s solutions and experience, follow the links below:
The evolution of the Boeing XR Design
