PHOTOVOLTAIC MACRO-MODULE FOR SOLAR POWER GENERATION

• Main Authors: JULIAN, Dominico, HARWOOD, Duncan W, CASEY, Leo F, PELMAN, Todd A, HYDE, Justin S, SCHMAELZLE, Philipp H, BUCHANAN, Garrison J, FELDMAN, Raphael J, ALDOUS, Scott W, HUNT, Thomas P, SHIELDS, William J
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 28.09.2017
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; GENERATION; GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRA-REDRADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, E.G. USINGPHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

A photovoltaic ("PV") macro-module for solar power generation includes a plurality of solar cell strings disposed within a laminated support structure. The solar cell strings generate solar power in response to light incident upon a frontside of the solar cell strings. Each of the solar ce...