This is not the official Morgan Solar blog. If you’re looking for the Morgan Solar blog or Morgan Solar’s website, you’re close, but not quite there.
Nicolas Morgan
Nicolas Morgan is the primary author of this blog and the Director of Business Development at Morgan Solar most of the rest of the time.
I maintain both blogs, but this blog is really a personal solar energy blog, with a strong Morgan Solar emphasis. Maintaining an unofficial blog lets me talk about more off-topic things like solar politics, the solar industry, other companies and just random stuff.
This blog is mainly a means to connect with other people out there who are interested in the solar industry, and a means of adding something to the conversation. I’ll be maintaining the blog at least until the Solar Power 2008 conference in October, and will decide then if it’s worth continuing.
5 responses so far ↓
Tony Gerillo // February 23, 2009 at 5:37 pm |
I am an applications engineer in the ceramic industry. In the solar world I am particular interested in thermal management. LSO’s are intriguing in that they spread the energy rather than concentrating. Do the optics themselves remove the heat? Would thermal dissipation improve performance of the array? I see where you note that thermal expansion is not a concern. I can see how the configuration would handle thermal expansion for connectivity but not how you would keep the over all system cooled down. The simplicity of your design is quite elegant. As I am a specialty material component supplier I would like to offer any assistance I can in developing this or any future products you may be considering. I see many types of materials and applications. Even if I may not be the supplier, I would be glad to point you in a positive direction. Good luck today and in the future.
Tony
Nicolas // March 15, 2009 at 9:30 pm |
Hi Tony, I think you posted a similar comment on the blog at Morgansolar.com. We’re going to be relying on a third party for the ceramic substrates for the III-V cells we’re using for the time being, but might start packaging cells ourselves in a few years. Best of luck.
tonygerillo // June 23, 2009 at 5:24 pm |
Hi Nicolas, May I ask who you are using for the ceramic substrates? Thanks!
Nicolas // June 23, 2009 at 6:30 pm |
Tony, email me – happy to talk, but prefer not to talk so directly about business specifics on the blog.
tonygerillo // June 23, 2009 at 6:53 pm |
Thanks for the reply.
Please send me your email contact at tgerillo@pacificadvanced.com
I believe we may have several items of interest to discuss that could fall under “business specific”. I look forward to a pertinent discussion. Tony