Concentrator Optics started production plant for solar Fresnel lenses

Marburg, 16th June 2009 - Concentrator Optics GmbH, based in Cölbe, started its first production line of Fresnel lenses for high-concentration solar photovoltaic applications at the beginning of June.

Concentrating Photovoltaics (CPV) are close to common acceptance in the growing market of renewable energies. CPV solar modules have been reaching increasingly impressive efficiencies. Combined with significantly reduced costs by using concentrating optics to focus light onto small higher-efficiency cells this technology is leaving its research and prototype status, entering industrial production. German companies strive to make their contribution by pressing ahead a rapid technological development to provide affordable and environmental friendly electricity.

More info on the press release or on Concentrator Optics' website.