Morgan Solar shows tremendous promise
Monday, November 10th, 2008
I have a feature today in the Toronto Star about local solar power innovator Morgan Solar, which has developed an approach to concentrating photovoltaics that keeps manufacturing costs low and efficiency high. The design, based on a proprietary optic developed by company founder Jean Paul Morgan, could prove to be a big breakthrough in the search for low cost, high-efficiency solar power.
You can read the article for a detailed explanation of how the optic works, or click on this link for a diagram. The bottom line is that Morgan Solar has developed a concentrating PV system that is lighter, more durable, lower-profile, and less expensive than competing options on the market. (more…)
Tyler Hamilton is editor-in-chief of Corporate Knights magazine and a business columnist for the Toronto Star, Canada's largest daily newspaper. In addition to this Clean Break blog, Tyler writes a weekly column of the same name that discusses trends, happenings and innovators in the clean technology and green energy market. This blog is a personal project started in April 2005. It is not an official blog of the newspaper.
