iPyramid™
Capture More Sun
Quadra Solar is a concentrated solar systems technologies development company. We are developing iPyramid™, a Concentrated Photovoltaic and Thermal (CPVT) system for the flat rooftop market which has the following benefits:
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Highest PV Efficiency of 32.2%.
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Dual Energy System: demonstrated PV and Thermal efficiencies of 32.2% and 30.5% respectively and to reach 35% each.
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Triple Usage System: Power, Heating & Cooling for both summer & winter use. Perfect for hot climates and cold ones like in Canada.
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3 to 6 times the overall efficiency of PV panels.
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2 to 3 time the overall efficiency of other CPV systems.
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Outperforms all competitors systems in the locations where they work & works in locations where they fail (like Canada & north of 40 parallel).
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Lowest kWh cost.
How we Acheive Higher Overall Efficiency
Quadra Solar is designed to offer the best Overall Efficiency, 3 to 6 times higher than our panel or CPV competitors.
To calculate the Overall Efficiency of a solar system, more than just PV module efficiency must be factored in. We have broken the Overall Efficiency down to 7 efficiencies, 3 conversion efficiencies and 4 non-conversion ones.
The conversion efficiencies are:
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Light Type Efficiency: Global (100%), Direct (62.7%) or Diffused (37.2%). An average of 120 cities worldwide.
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PV Efficiency: The efficiency of converting sunlight to electricity.
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Thermal Efficiency: The efficiency of converting sunlight to thermal energy.
The non-conversion efficiencies are represented by:
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Tracking Energy Efficiency: 100% for tracking solutions & 66.4% for stationary ones.
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System Tracking Efficiency (No Shade Efficiency): represents the efficiency of a system in tracking the sun. Shading is the main factor here.
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Space Efficiency: the area of the surface capturing the sunlight divided by total area used.
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Weather Efficiency (for cold climates): the percentage of total up-time factoring in downtime in sun capturing due to snow falls and snow cover (accumulations).
Below is a summary table for the 7 efficiencies for different technologies.
Company News
- Quadra Solar Achieves Highest PV Module Efficiency in the Industry
- Canadian Cleantech Summit Interview with Ra'ed Arab, Quadra Solar CEO
- Presenter at The 4th Conference on Clean Energy in Boston
- Presenter at the Ottawa Venture and Technology Show
- Presenter at the Banff Venture Forum (BVF)
- Winner of Canada's Top 10 Cleantech Competition 2008
