World solar power capacity exceeds 100 gigawatts February 11, 2013 Enlarge A solar power array at Ungersheim, eastern France. World solar power capacity passed the 100 gigawatt mark for the first time to 101 GW, the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) said on Monday. World solar power capacity passed the 100 gigawatt mark for the first time to 101 GW, the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) said on Monday. 据 物理学家组织 网 （ Phys.org ）2013 年2 月11 日 报道，面对能源危机和核电的安全性问题，世界各国将能源开发的目光聚焦到太阳能利用方面。在法国东部的温格斯汉（ Ungersheim ）大面积的太阳能电池板已经建成。据欧洲光伏产业协会 (EPIA) 周一 (2 月11 日 ) 公布的统计结果，目前世界太阳能发电能力超过了 100 GW, 首次达到 101 GW 。 该协会在一份报告中说 道，这全球利用太阳能年发电的能力相当于 16 家燃煤电厂量所产生的电力，或一座 GW 级核反应堆的年发电量。但是到 2012 年，太阳能发电量并入世界电网的电力总量仅 30 GW 。 EPIA 会长 Winfried Hoffmann 说道， 甚至 10 年前没有人会预想到 2012 年成为世界太阳能光伏容量突飞猛进的一年，使我们看到了超过 100 GW 的景象。尽管 光伏产业依然面临着许多挑战 , 但 2012 年的结果显示出对太阳能技术有一个巨大的全球市场。更多信息请浏览： Read also: Wind farms turn in record growth in 2012
https://share.sandia.gov/news/resources/releases/2008/solargrid.html Sandia, Stirling Energy Systems set new world record for solar-to-grid conversion efficiency 31.25 percent efficiency rate topples 1984 record ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —On a perfect New Mexico winter day — with the sky almost 10 percent brighter than usual — Sandia National Laboratories and Stirling Energy Systems (SES) set a new solar-to-grid system conversion efficiency record by achieving a 31.25 percent net efficiency rate. The old 1984 record of 29.4 percent was toppled Jan. 31 on SES’s “Serial #3” solar dish Stirling system at Sandia’s National Solar Thermal Test Facility. April 1, 2010 Dish Stirling Solar Plant Debuts In late January, a 1.5-MW concentrating solar power (CSP) plant began providing power to Salt River Project customers in Greater Phoenix, Ariz. Though small, the plant, developed by Tessera Solar and Stirling Energy Systems (SES), is seen as a prelude to 1,500-MW projects that are due to break ground in California and Texas later this year. The Maricopa Solar power plant (Figure 6) is the first commercial project for the SunCatcher CSP technology designed and manufactured by SES. The facility uses 60 SunCatcher Stirling dishes. Each 25-kW SunCatcher consists of a 38-foot mirrored parabolic dish combined with an automatic tracking system to collect and focus the sun’s energy onto a Stirling engine to convert the solar thermal energy into electricity. 6. Focused energy. The 1.5-MW Maricopa Solar power plant is the first to use Stirling Energy Systems’ Stirling dish technology, which will be deployed at 1,500-MW plants in California and Texas. Courtesy: Stirling Energy Systems SES says that SunCatcher has a number of advantages, including the highest solar-to-grid electric efficiency, zero water use for power production, a modular and scalable design, low capital cost, and minimal land disturbance. The technology was designed and developed in the U.S. through a public-private partnership with the Department of Energy. The SunCatchers used at Maricopa Solar were manufactured and assembled in North America, mostly in Michigan by automotive suppliers. http://www.powermag.com/renewables/solar/2595.html
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