Membership
Overview
Thank you for your interest in becoming a member of the industry-leading Concentrator Photovoltaic Consortium. The Consortium is composed of a large base of companies including CPV system manufacturers, cell suppliers, power generators, tracker suppliers, system integrators, project developers, universities, and research laboratories.
| Membership | Description | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Charter | Charter members are instrumental in defining the direction and focus of the CPV Consortium. Charter members will have a seat on the Steering Committee, which will determine the group's agenda and lead activities. | $15,000 annually |
| General | General members will engage in group activities and meetings, have the opportunity to participate in work groups, and have voting privileges. Membership fees are based on annual revenues. | Small Company (< $20 million annual revenue): $5,000 annually Large Company (>$20 million annual revenue): $10,000 annually |
| Informational | Informational membership is primarily a "trial membership" period which allows potential members to be involved in the organization for 6-months while they evaluate whether or not to become members. After six months these members have the option to transfer their informational membership into a full membership. They may participate in group activities, meetings and work groups, but do not have voting privileges. | $1000 |
| Governmental, University, or Non-Profit | The CPV Consortium offers complimentary membership to not for profit organizations that can contribute to and benefit from the development and long-term success of the CPV industry. If interested please fill out the application and submit via fax or mail. Fax: +1 650-623-7161
All applications will be reviewed by the Board of Directors at their next quarterly meeting. |
Fee waved with application approval |
Members
Charter/Founding Members
- "3M is a supplier of high performance optics, lenses, and materials for solar energy concentration. We have joined the CPV consortium to support its leadership in standards development and the advancement of the technology of CPV."
- – Jan Hildebrandt, Manager, CPV Business Development for 3M
- "CPV could make best use of sun and create most efficient energy in the most suitable place."
- – Howard Chou, Sales and Marketing Manager for Arima EcoEnergy
- "AXT, Inc. has more than 20 years experience with VGF technology. For CPV applications, we are the only supplier in the world to offer both Ga metal for the inverted metamorphic and CIGS market, as well as Ge substrates. AXT is proud to be a charter member of the fast growing and dynamic CPV Consortium."
- – John J. Cerilli, Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing of AXT, Inc.
- "In the past AZUR SPACE Solar Power invented future for space and terrestrial silicon solar cells, now we see a bright future for CPV with high efficiency multijunction solar cells."
- – Dr. Gerhard Strobl, Director Business Development and Projects for AZUR SPACE
- "Due to its high efficiencies CPV offers a substantial cost-cutting potential for solar electricity generation. Our vision is that CPV modules will become the cheapest PV technology. Therefore, Concentrix Solar is continually working on improvements in its product design, the production quality and the output. In order to advance the development of CPV and to establish it as a mainstream energy source we need an effective organization like the CPV Consortium."
- – Hansjörg Lerchenmüller, CEO Concentrix Solar GmbH
- "ISFOC is the global reference project for CPV systems on sun testing. Our participation in the consortium keeps us in direct contact with the industry and helps direct our work to its needs."
- – Dr. Pedro Banda, Director General of ISFOC
- "Umicore has been performing R&D, production and sales of germanium products since the early 1950's. We're world's largest manufacturer of germanium wafers, and world's only supplier with production facilities in 2 continents. Umicore's germanium forms the bottom junction of world's most efficient multi-junction solar cells. We're proud to be part of this consortium and want to contribute to CPV's visibility with decision makers and authorities."
- – Frank Boghe, Manager of Global Marketing & Sales
- "Today CPV has reached the stage of commercialization and is able to deliver on its promise of low-cost, reliable solar-generated electricity. SolFocus is leveraging its three years of field experience and is continually working to capitalize on the reliable solar-generated electricity. We are pleased to have an expanding membership across the many supporting segments of the CPV industry."
- – Nancy Hartsoch, VP Marketing of SolFocus
- "As the leading supplier of MOCVD equipment to companies involved in III-V Photovoltaics, Veeco is happy to see that CPV technology is coming of age wherein it can provide a clean, cost-effective and environmentally-friendly solution to our future energy needs."
- – Rudy Parekh, Veeco Instruments.
General Members
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Universities/Governmental Organizations/Non-Profits
Informational Members
Cyrium Technologies
DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions
Energy Innovations
ISER S.L.
Jiangsu White Rabbit Kechuang New Energy
Okamoto Glass
Semprius, Inc.
Solar Junction
Solar*Tec AG