Oct 29 2010
OPEL Solar, a pioneer in the field of HCPV (High Concentration Photovoltaic) Solar panels and solar tracking systems, along with the National Research Council of Canada, declared open the SUNRISE installation at Ottawa’s Institute for Research in Construction’s Flexhouse.
Backed by funds provided by National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and BDC (Development Bank of Canada), the opening and testing of SUNRISE, came after three intensive years of research, to use nanostructures in establishing high levels of energy efficiency and output obtained, from a concentrated PV installation. This project was a team effort by National Research Council of Canada, OPEL, the University of Sherbrooke and the University of Ottawa’s Centre for Research, focusing on creating novel and efficient solar cells, with an efficient OPEL solar concentrator design. This, when combined with OPEL’s dual axis tracker makes the system cost-effective and authenticate target efficiencies for both cells and the system.
OPEL’s CEO and President, Leon M. Pierhal, remarked that the company was happy to see the fruits of the three years of hard work with some of the most brilliant solar technology experts, unveiled in the SUNRISE project. The project was celebrated at a special ceremony presented by the Minister of State Gary Goodyear (Science and Technology) and John McDougall, National Research Council of Canada’s President in Ottawa, Ontario.