New Sharp PV Array???

[Echo]

Been asked by a potential client about some new wonder array from sharp? No doubt it's a salesman from another company thats informed them.

Has anybody else heard of this 'new array'? Or is this just another typical salesmans trick trying to get one over our quote?

 

[poheZ]

not heard of that and the term 'wonder array' doesnt really make sense?

I think Sharp have enough problmes meeting demand

 

[Echo]

the term wonder array comes from my vocabulary! Apparently it's alot more efficient, really can't seem to find anything about this...

 

[JD6400]

Could do with some more details ?
They could be talking about the module actually being the roof !
I have heard talk of Sharp looking into this , even having a few test installs out there on the continent .

 

[topquark]

Combined heat and power panels where they are claiming much higher efficiency rates for the panels maybe?

 

[davidanson]

Just looking in the Institute of Engineering and Technology's magazine and Sanyo (not Sharp) are advertising a Sanyo HIT "which combines thin monocrystalline wafer with an ultra-thin amorphous silicon layer and gives an energy conversion efficiency which is 28% higher than the market average"

 

[Echo]

Yeah I know about Sanyo's HIT panels, I've finally got a little more information now this morning, apparently it's a new module where the pv cells are mounted in a honeycomb type structure? So the cells are actually a hexagon, going to have to get on the phone to Sharp I think.