concentrating photovoltaics

concentrating photovoltaics

Colorado welcomes world's largest concentrating PV power plant

With the opening of the Alamosa Solar generating facility, Colorado is now home to the world’s largest concentrating photovoltaic electric power plant in the world. Located in the San Luis Valley, the 30-megawatt plant was developed by Cogentrix Energy. Covering 225 acres, the project features more than 500 pedestal-mounted

concentrating photovoltaics

Utility-scale solar a 'viable reality,' Amonix says

Now on its seventh generation of concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) solar technology, Amonix has been around longer — since 1989 — than many solar-energy companies. And it doesn’t produce CPV modules only for utility-scale solar projects, but uses them at its own manufacturing plant as well. Paid for in part with nearly