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PHOTOVOLTAIC'S Definition, Value & Potential

TEODOR GALITEV / TOSHO

NEW ENERGY OPTIONS INC.

July, 2013 - San Francisco, CA

Current Photovoltaic Market

Standard Modules Market

BIPV Market - Don’t see the green !!!?!!!

For 2012 up to 90 GW

What is BIPV ?

• BIPV is NOT

• A non-framed module or a glass-glass laminate

• Too hard to make

• Too expensive

• BIPV market is NOT too small

• …

• …

BIPV is NOT a standard module and should not be compared

FIPV

What is BIPV - Definition

BIPV is a construction building block/component with two functions:

- Primary function

A product that satisfies all of the functional, mechanical and aesthetical

requirements for the given application.

- Secondary function

Generate electricity

BIPV vs. Standard Modules

Engineered to Fit the Application Application Engineered to Fit Module

Electrical Characteristics, Size and

Shape are not Predetermined

Predetermined Electrical

Characteristics, Size and Shape

Product engineering required with

specific application in mind

UL standards Only UL standards for PV are NOT

enough

Engineering Design is for optimum

power generation

BIPV APPLICATIONS

ROOF

FACADES

FACADES - Shading

GLAZING – Vertical and Sloped

GLAZING – Horizontal / Flat

ARCHITECTURAL AND ART

ARCHITECTURAL AND ART

SOME BIPV MITHS

• BIPV is too complex

• Design and Engineering

• Distribution

• Construction

• BIPV is too expensive

• Compared to what?

• Will pay-off with time

• BIPV will generate less power • Yes it might however this is not the goal of BIPV

• New materials and techniques improve power generation

VALUE and POTENTIAL

• Building Material plus Solar Component

• Specialized Low Volumes Manufacturing

• Use of Building Materials Distribution

• Use of Building Industry Sales Channels

Thank You

…GENERATING POWER IS A SECONDARY FUNCTION…