World's first demonstration of a 140kWp heliostat concentrator PV (HCPV) system

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 002275-002280

  Lasich, J B ^a   Verlinden, P J ^a   Lewandowski, A ^a   Edwards, D ^a   Kendall, H ^a   Carter, S ^a   Thomas, I ^a   Wakeman, P ^a   Wright, M ^a   Hertaeg, W ^a   Metzke, R ^a   Daly, M ^a   Santin, M ^a   Neumann, A ^a   Wilson, A ^a   Caprihan, A ^a   Stedwell, M ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GRID-CONNECTED; INSTALLED CAPACITY; MULTI JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; OPTICAL EFFICIENCY; POWER OUT PUT; REFLECTIVE OPTICS; SOLAR NOON; TESTING FACILITY; TRAINING FACILITY;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEMONSTRATIONS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 77951546839     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411354     Document Type: Conference Paper

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