programs and projects

Below is a list of programs and projects supported by CPV Consortium.

2011

Environmental Impact Study 
The CPV Consortium worked with UC Berkeley’s Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory and Professor Daniel Kammen to quantify the environmental impact from CPV technology.
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2010

DOE Request for Information: Solar Demonstration Zone Project
The Department of Energy (DOE) requested information and input from key stakeholders for a future Solar Demonstration Zone Project. The CPV Consortium responded on behalf of the CPV industry to the questions proposed by the DOE.

PIER Renewable Program: USRE RD&D Comments
The California Energy Commission staff sought public input about the goals, benefits, issues, gaps and opportunities, RD&D solutions, and market mechanisms to help accelerate research and development, as well as increased deployment of mixed renewable energy technologies. The CPV Consortium submitted comments on behalf of the CPV industry.




Reflexite, an Orafol Group company, is a global optics supplier that has been in business for 40 years.  The Reflexite Energy Solutions business unit is a global supplier of microstructured optics components for the solar power, lighting, and display industries.  Reflexite core competencies exist in precision tooling, polymer processing, and microreplication. These capabilities yield durable, high performance primary optics used in CPV systems.  A wide range of polymer-on-glass lens arrays are now commercially available designed to meet the exacting requirements of the CPV system engineers.