TY - GEN
T1 - First results on the APOLLON project multi-approach for high efficiency integrated and intelligent concentrating PV modules (systems)
AU - Timò, G.
AU - Martinelli, A.
AU - Minuto, A.
AU - Schineller, B.
AU - Sagnes, I.
AU - Jakomin, R.
AU - Beaudoin, G.
AU - Gogneau, Noelle
AU - Noack, M.
AU - Padovani, S.
AU - Borshchov, S.
AU - Kenny, R.
AU - Sarno, A.
AU - Georghiou, G. E.
AU - Zurru, P.
AU - Sturm, M.
AU - Wild-Scholten, M.
AU - Bellia, G.
AU - Gigliucci, G.
AU - Medina, E.
AU - Heasman, K.
AU - Martinelli, G.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Next generation concentrating photovoltaic technologies could have a large-scale impact on world electricity production once they will become economically attractive and grid parity will be reached. To proceed towards this important goal, a new large integrated project, APOLLON, has started in July 2008, within the frame of the 7th European Framework program, having the main objective of substantial decrease the Concentrating Photovoltaic (CPV) technology cost to a target value of 2 Euro/W. This ambitious objective is targeted to be reached after five years of research and technological activities in which, both "point focus" and "dense array" CPV technologies will be implemented by facing all the technology-critical issues related to each component of the CPV systems. With this contribution we report the principal results obtained during the first year of the project regarding Multi-Junction (MJ) solar cells, concentrator optics, assembling, tracking and testing.
AB - Next generation concentrating photovoltaic technologies could have a large-scale impact on world electricity production once they will become economically attractive and grid parity will be reached. To proceed towards this important goal, a new large integrated project, APOLLON, has started in July 2008, within the frame of the 7th European Framework program, having the main objective of substantial decrease the Concentrating Photovoltaic (CPV) technology cost to a target value of 2 Euro/W. This ambitious objective is targeted to be reached after five years of research and technological activities in which, both "point focus" and "dense array" CPV technologies will be implemented by facing all the technology-critical issues related to each component of the CPV systems. With this contribution we report the principal results obtained during the first year of the project regarding Multi-Junction (MJ) solar cells, concentrator optics, assembling, tracking and testing.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77951579324&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411295
DO - 10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411295
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77951579324
SN - 9781424429509
T3 - Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
SP - 2424
EP - 2429
BT - 2009 34th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2009
T2 - 2009 34th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2009
Y2 - 7 June 2009 through 12 June 2009
ER -
