Concentrated solar power efficiency.
Concentrated solar panel efficiency.
The solar energy technologies office seto supports research and development of concentrating solar thermal power csp technologies that reduce the cost of solar energy.
The efficiency of a concentrating solar power system will depend on the technology used to convert the solar power to electrical energy the operating temperature of the receiver and the heat rejection thermal losses in the system and the presence or absence of other system losses.
Csp technologies can be used to generate electricity by converting energy from sunlight to power a turbine but it can also be used as heat in a variety of industrial applications like water desalination enhanced oil.
Its patented optical system concentrates light onto an array of tiny space grade multi junction pv cells.
Most csp technologies will have an efficiency somewhere between 7 and 25 percent.
New 29 efficient solar panel combines space grade pv cells with concentrated glass cover.
Swiss company insolight has reached 29 efficiency for its unique solar panel as verified by the solar energy institute of the universidad politécnica de madrid ies upm.