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January 15, 2008 – Vol. 12 No. 43 SolFocus First to Install at Spanish Concentrator Photovoltaic (CPV) Project. The installation is the first 200kW of the 500 kW that SolFocus will install at the 3 MW project being developed by Spain's Institute of Concentration Photovoltaics Systems (ISFOC) in Castilla-LaMancha. The project is a worldwide solar initiative aimed at accelerating the development and adoption of CPV technology. The ISFOC project is sponsored by the government of Castilla-La Mancha. The ISFOC was established in 2006 to be a center of reference on the power, reliability and productivity of commercial CPV systems. SolFocus broke ground at the ISFOC Puertollano site in October of last year with the civil construction and underground electrical work. The SolFocus array that is installed is rated at 6.2kW and has performed over its design output, which is significant at the early stage of this project.
According to Dr. Pedro Banda, Director General of the ISFOC, "This is a very important occasion as it brings the industry one step closer towards commercial deployment of CPV technologies. For this unprecedented and ambitious program, the ISFOC has selected CPV technologies that are the most advanced and have the brightest futures." He added, "SolFocus' first installation marks the official launch of the power-generation phase of the program." SolFocus, Mountain View, California is a designer and manufacturer of solar energy solutions including concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) systems, intelligent tracking systems, and solar thermal technology. (1/15/08)
Links: SolFocus Instituto de Sistemas Fotovoltaicos de Concentracion (Institute of Concentration Photovoltaics Systems)
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