Today PlanetSolar will challenge a new world record: the first solar-powered circumnavigation. Pasan, a Meyer Burger Group Member, supports the venture as a scientific partner.
PlanetSolar is a concentration of technologies. The 31 m long Catamaran is powered by 540 m2 of solar panels from Sunpower. It will be the first round-the-world powered solely with solar energy. Raphaël Domjan, the project’s promoter: “our project is to resolutely serve humanity and the environment to overtake the possibilities of fossil fuels, called classical energies”.
The ship will start from Monaco for a 50,000 km round-the-world trip scheduled to take about 8 months. It will make several stopovers in major cities in order to promote the PV technology.
One of the main challenges is the overall power management. Beside the power generation itself through high efficient solar modules, the route has to be optimized in order to take solar radiation, currents, waves and power storage into account. The software which has been developed requires a detailed characterization of the solar modules, under different irradiances and temperatures.
Pasan, as a scientific partner of the project, enables this advanced performance characterization of the high efficient solar modules with its outstanding know-how in PV Measurement.
The Meyer Burger Group, via its subsidiaries Pasan SA, is very happy to support PlanetSolar and their photovoltaic promotional activities and wishes Raphaël Domjan and his team a successful world premiere.
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Contact:
Dr. Anja Knaus
Pasan Ltd
Head of Communications
fon +41(0)32 391 1136 fax +41(0)32 391 1112
anja.knaus@3-s.ch
www.pasan.ch
About Pasan Ltd
www.pasan.ch
Located in Neuchâtel (Switzerland), Pasan is one of the world’s technological leaders in testing systems for photovoltaic cells and modules. Pasan provides testing equipment with unequalled accuracy and sets the standard for performance measurement of photovoltaic devices. Measurement accuracy turns directly into profit for customers. Pasans’ products have become an industry standard after all leading certification bodies and institutes have purchased measurement equipments from Neuchâtel.
About Meyer Burger Technology Ltd
www.meyerburger.com
Meyer Burger is a leading and globally active technology group for innovative systems and processes for cutting and handling crystalline and other high-grade materials.
The machines, competences and technologies of the different companies within the group are used in the solar industry (photovoltaics), semiconductor and optical industry. The thinnest wafers made from silicon, sapphire or other crystals are required in these three markets to manufacture solar modules, switching circuits or high-performance LEDs. The group’s core competences are made up of a whole range of production processes, machines and systems that are used within the value chain in the manufacture of high quality wafers. Since the merger in January 2010 with 3S Industries Ltd, the worldwide leader in turnkey production lines and single equipment for the manufacturing of solar modules, the group also covers the entire value chain for solar module production and combines the key technologies of soldering, laminating and testing under one roof. Solar module manufacturers worldwide use the string soldering machines of Somont, the laminating lines of 3S Swiss Solar Systems and the testing technologies of Pasan, to produce solar modules whose performance, operating life and quality meet the highest demands. The group’s comprehensive range of products includes a worldwide service network with wear and tear parts, consumables, re-grooving services, process know-how, servicing, after-sales service, training and other services. As a globally active company, the group is represented in Europe, Asia and North America in the respective key markets.
Meyer Burger has its headquarters and the production facility of Meyer Burger Ltd in Switzerland, while the group companies, Meyer Burger Automation GmbH, Hennecke Systems GmbH and AMB Apparate + Maschinenbau GmbH have their headquarters and production facilities in Germany. Diamond Materials Tech, Inc. has its headquarters in Colorado Springs, CO, USA. The production facilities of 3S Swiss Solar Systems and Pasan are also located in Switzerland, while Somont is located in Germany. Meyer Burger Group has also subsidiaries and own service centres in Germany, Norway, Spain, USA, China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan. In other important markets, the company relies on selected independent agents. The registered shares of Meyer Burger Technology Ltd are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (Ticker: MBTN).
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