それは、2009年の半ばぐらい、カリフォルニアのSUNRGI社は集光型の太陽電池で他のエネルギーソースとも十分競合できる太陽光発電装置をリリースすると発表しました。発表によれば、5セント / kWhの電力価格(wholesale)を実現する技術だとのことです。この価格が本当に実現できれば、火力発電、原子力発電にも十分勝利できることになります。
プレスリリース / Sunrgi,2008/4/28
・ new solar energy system makes it possible to produce wholesale electricity at a cost competitive with fossil fuels
" SUNGRI Announces Xtreme Concentrated Photovoltaics ? (XCPV[TM]) at The National Energy Marketeers Association's 11th Annual Global Energy Forum in Washington, DC
washington, dc - A new solar energy system will soon make it possible to produce electricity at a wholesale cost of 5-cents per kWh (kilowatt hour). This price is competitive with the wholesale cost of producing electricity using fossil fuels and a fraction of the current cost of solar energy.
XCPV (Xtreme Concentrated Photovoltaics), a system that concentrates the equivalent of more than 1,600 times the sun's energy onto the world's most efficient solar cells, was announced today by SUNRGI, a solar energy system designer and developer, at the National Energy Marketers Association's 11th Annual Global Energy Forum in Washington, DC. The technology will enable power companies, businesses, and residents to produce electricity from solar energy at a lower cost than ever before.
”Solar Power at 5 cents per kWh would be a world-changing breakthrough," said Craig Goodman, president, National Energy Marketers Association. "It would make solar generation of electricity as affordable as generation from coal, natural gas or other non-renewable sources, without requiring a subsidy”
”In a little more than a year we were able to develop and successfully test XCPV," said Robert S (Bob) Block, co-founder and SUNRGI principal. "We expect the SUNRGI system to become available for both on and off-grid power applications, worldwide, in twelve to fifteen months” "
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" What differentiates SUNRGI’s XCPV system from any other solar energy system includes: a proprietary, integrated low profile technology for concentrating sunlight; a proprietary technology and methodology for cooling solar cells; a low cost, modular system optimized for mass-production; less land area or “roof top” requirements than typical solar energy systems; a technology roadmap for continuous improvement; low-cost field installation; and, a custom-designed system for easy operation and maintenance. "
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