Sumitomo Electric Industries, Limited

Tomohiro Nemoto

Youichi Nagai

Kenji Saito

Takashi Iwasaki

Makoto Inagaki

Rui Mikami

Koji Mori

Akihiko Kojima

This photovoltaic module includes: a power generating element configured to receive sunlight to generate power; and a housing which is closed, the housing having: a concentrating portion provided with a lens configured to concentrate sunlight; a bottom portion in which the power generating element is disposed; and a side wall serving as an outer frame for the bottom portion and supporting the concentrating portion. The side wall is a resin molded body including a resin and glass fibers dispersed in the resin, the resin is one of PET (Polyethylene terephthalate), PBT (Polybutylene Terephthalate), and PP (Polypropylene), and the glass fibers are orientated, in the resin, along a crossing direction that crosses a direction of an optical axis of the lens.

Photovoltaic module, photovoltaic panel, and production method for photovoltaic module

This photovoltaic module includes: a power generating element configured to receive light to generate power; and a housing which is closed, the housing having: a concentrating portion provided with a lens configured to concentrate sunlight; a bottom portion in which the power generating element is disposed; and a side wall serving as an outer frame for the bottom portion and supporting the concentrating portion. The side wall is formed from a resin and has at least one vent hole.

Photovoltaic module and photovoltaic panel

A mounting structure of a housingfor a concentrator photovoltaic moduleM includes: a bottom plateframed from an electric conductor and having a plurality of cellsarrayed thereat; a side wall framemade of resin, the side wall framestanding along the outer edge of the bottom plateand configured to hold a concentrating portionso as to face the bottom plate; a pair of the frames(support member) each being a grounded electric conductor, the pair of the framesconfigured to be in contact with the bottom plateto support the moduleM; and boltsand nuts, as a fastening member, configured to fasten the pair of the framesand the bottom plateto each other thereby to fix the moduleM to the pair of the frames, the boltsand the nutseach being an electric conductor thereby to serve as paths for electric connection from the bottom plateto the pair of the frames

Mounting structure for concentrated photovoltaic module housing, concentrated photovoltaic module, concentrated photovoltaic panel, and concentrated photovoltaic device

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