CESI Middle East (Dubai, UAE) revealed its new high current test laboratory and its latest gallium arsenide multi-junction solar photovoltaic (PV) cells at the Middle East Electricity exhibition 2013, from February 17th-19th, 2013, in Dubai.

CESI notes that its new laboratory can test up to 50,000 amps at any power frequency from 15 Hz to 65 Hz. The company describes its high concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) technology as ideally suited for the Middle East.

"This is a great opportunity for us to demonstrate technology that is perfectly suited to the Middle East and could change how electricity is generated in the local market," said CESI Director of Business Development for Solar Cells Francesco Fraisopi.

"The use of flat silicon and thin-film solar modules is hindered by the region's high temperatures and concentrated Solar Power (CSP) solutions, which are hampered by technological complexity and high cost, where HCPV technology produces more electricity when solar radiation intensifies and temperatures increase."

Low O&M costs cited

CESI also argues that an additional benefit of its technology is that it costs the roughly the same to operate and maintain (O&M) as conventional PV technology.

CESI Middle East is a division of CSI SpA (Milan, Italy).

2013-02-19 | Courtesy: CESI | solarserver.com © Heindl Server GmbH

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