Abstract
This report describes a low-cost, mass-producible 10X concentrator system that has been claimed to produce electricity at $0.04/kWh. It details changes in manufacturing techniques that could produce a concentrator system at a selling price of $0.71/W. (A simple design and a minimum number of parts and manufacturing steps reduced production costs.) Present production techniques, changes to improvethese techniques, impediments to changes, and solutions to the impediments are described. This 10X concentrator system uses available components and manufacturing processes and one-sun solar cells in conjunction with inexpensive plastic lenses to generate about eight times the amount of electricity normally produced by these cells.
Original language | American English |
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Number of pages | 103 |
State | Published - 1991 |
Bibliographical note
Work performed by Solar Engineering Application Corporation, San Jose, CaliforniaNREL Publication Number
- NREL/SR-214-4479