Light-guide Solar Optic

All Morgan Solar products are based on a simple set of concepts about how light behaves and how it can be captured and transported.

The fundamental idea behind our products is the Light-Guide Solar Optic (LSO), a thin optical structure made from simple acrylic and glass components that internally concentrates sunlight. The concentrated sunlight is redirected onto small photovoltaic cells attached at the centre of the optic.

The LSO is a completely new concept in the field of low cost concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) systems. Instead of making incremental improvements to lens or mirror based systems we’ve re-invented the whole idea. Our design eliminates the bulkiness and the related material costs common to most CPV systems. Also, the optical alignment in our system is not affected by thermal expansion. Heat is dissipated without the need for expensive or sophisticated cooling systems, and extra protection or enclosures are unnecessary.

This allows us to build CPV modules that are ultra thin, low cost, lightweight and rugged, and made of proven, long-lasting materials. They are built with simple manufacturing methods, requiring little or no maintenance and is readily adaptable to multiple applications.

Over the two years we have developed the technology, built preliminary prototypes and patented our innovations. We have also assembled a small, but highly focused and motivated project team and we are now completing demonstration prototypes which will deploy test sites in North America and Europe. We expect to be delivering our first products to the market by the end of 2009.

Our inventions cover a full array of solar power applications, from extremely high concentration solar chemistry systems (5000+ suns concentration), to high efficiency CPV systems requiring tracking, to versatile non-tracking building integrated systems. We have decided, however, to initially focus on a few initial products, to be introduced to the market at the end of 2009.