Solar Power Technologies Raises $6.08 Million To Optimize Commercial Solar Arrays, Wirelessly

Lundi, 03 Janvier 2011 21:34

Solar Power Technologies Raises $6.08 Million To Optimize Commercial Solar Arrays, Wirelessly

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Today, an SEC filing revealed that Solar Power Technologies raised $6.08 million for technology that helps wirelessly measure, manage and optimize the performance of large, solar photovoltaic power systems. Investors included Austin Ventures and Oxantium Ventures, the filing said.

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company’s website claims its core technology — the Clarity optimization and monitoring system — enables commercial solar arrays to harvest of 15 to 20% more total power (over a 20 year lifespan) than they would otherwise.

As Todd Woody noted today in a piece for Sustainable Industries: one large solar power plant can cost more than $2 billion to build in the U.S. making productivity-spiking technology (like SPT promises) sound very attractive.

TechCrunch asked for further details from SPT but a vice president there declined to comment right away. Austin Ventures and Oxantium Ventures did not respond immediately.

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