CPV: Competitive Now, Plenty of Headroom

Vahan Garboushian’s plenary presentation from SPIE Optics + Photonics 2011.

http://spie.org/op

This presentation will outline why CPV will be the dominant PV technology for Utility Scale Electricity generation in sunny and dry climates. In 2011, CPV installations expect to total 70 MW, well below the 20,000 MW expected for silicon and thin film PV. However, conventional PV technologies are reaching their limits for performance or cost reduction while CPV is far from its
limits. Here is why. We expect continued improvement of multijunction solar cell efficiencies. We are identifying new technology benefits from new architectures, tracking, optical and thermal improvements to be followed by further cost reductions from high volume manufacturing.

Biography: Vahan Garboushian is the Founder, Chief Technology Officer, and Chairman of the Board of Directors at Amonix, Inc., the best choice for utility-scale solar power in sunny and dry climates. Mr. Garboushian has pioneered the development of concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) technology since launching Amonix in 1989; his passion, vision, and leadership over the past 20 years have made Amonix the most efficient, reliable CPV technology on the market today.

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