Potentially game-changing photovoltaic (PV) solar-power modules that use lighthouse lens technology to boost the generating efficiency of conventional crystal silicon (CSi) cells have moved a step closer to commercial roll-out in Australia. Up to a dozen pre-production units are now being manufactured for Melbourne-based developer Technique Solar.
The company’s Technique Solar Module (TSM) — originally known as the Concentrated Universal Energy Solar System — is an assembly of nine ‘troughs’ fitted with acrylic Fresnel
