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Out of the shadows

Concentrated photovoltaics: CPV is not a new technology, but it is beginning to have its place in the sun as a bankable form of solar power generation. In the MENA region and places with higher direct irradiation it is growing and companies are beginning to fill the CPV supply niche. But are there sufficient advantages for CPV to emerge, out of the shadows?

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pv magazine

02 Apr 2012

“This is a challenging year for CPV. We are battling PV,” says Nancy Hartsoch Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at CPV supplier SolFocus and chair of the CPV Consortium. The “impact of PV prices mean that CPV suppliers may have to focus purely on regions where direct normal irradiance (DNI) is at least …

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