Nanosolar Unveils Nanosolar Utility Panel Technology
By Nanosolar Communications - September 9, 2009In conjunction with today's inauguration of our panel-assembly serial-production factory, we today also unveiled the technology behind our first product, the Nanosolar Utility Panel, and its unique features and benefits.
The Nanosolar Utility Panel is the industry’s first solar electricity panel specifically designed and developed for utility-scale solar power system deployment.
Through its innovative product design, the panel significantly reduces the “balance-of-system penalty” that medium-efficient thin panels have conventionally carried relative to higher-efficiency (yet far more expensive) silicon panels.
The IEC-61646 certified Nanosolar Utility Panel is electrically and mechanically optimized for utility-scale solar power systems:
- Electrically, it is the industry’s highest-current thin panel, by as much as a factor of six. It is also the industry’s first photovoltaic module certified by TUV for a system voltage of 1500V, or 50% higher than the previously highest certified. Together this enables utility-scale panel array lengths and results in a host of substantial cost savings during the deployment of solar power plants.
- Mechanically, the package used for the panel is distinctly stronger than that of conventional thin-film-on-glass modules, achieving almost twice the mounting span and thus substantially lower mounting cost.
More information about how the Nanosolar Utility Panel delivers the industry's lowest total-system cost for solar power plants can be found on our website as well as in detail in our utility panel technology white paper.
