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PES ESSENTIALFig 2. Cleaned and sorted PV glass after treatment. Fig 3. Example of an undamaged, cleaned Si-PV zone (7).Fig 4. EVA from recycling processnanotechnology it is possible to open fully the plastic film immediately after the a dark absorber layer. By contrast, mostthe sandwich structure, without damaging wet-chemical treatment of the rear glass. silicon PV modules consist of a glass panethe glass. and a plastic composite. For these types of This method is universal and is also used for modules, the process of separation by lightTo clean the glass panels we use alkane the recycling CdTe, CIS, CIGS, GaAs etc. is not so easy.sulfonic acids, which without fail canextract all photoactive layers from several The alkane sulfonic acid is used as a In many places, the light is not anmetals, in a very short reaction time. Our solvent, which can be recovered. This extraneous factor. Loser Chemie developedhydrometallurgical extraction operates at process also works for silver without the a new process to solve this problem. It isroom temperature and the used alkane formation of nitrous gases, which normally possible to separate the layers of a PVsulfonic acid is totally biodegradable (OECD happen in the field of silver recovery, when module using water. In Fig. 3 you can see a301 A). As a result, sorted pure glass is nitric acid is used. treated and an untreated area of anobtained (see Fig. 2). Si-End-of-Life module. The glass is The optical method is very suitable for completely undamaged and you can seeIf necessary, it is even possible to pull off separating double glass modules that have that the busbars are isolated too. www.pessolar.com 101

PES ESSENTIALFinally, EVA (Fig. 4), Tedlar (Fig. 5), silicon/ Fig 5. Separated tedlar from the recycling processsilver/aluminium particles (Fig. 6) and, ofcourse, busbars are obtained as furtherresults of the process.The silicon grains can be treated with ourproposed procedure: the chemical reactionbetween the back contact aluminium andthe depleted aluminium-chloride solution isvery simple and works better than thenormal treatment with sodium hydroxide.We get a cleaner product as the materialhas been previously freed fromcontaminating metals: copper, tin and lead.Finally the silver is dissolved with abiodegradable sulfonic acid and the siliconmaterial is washed and dried. This materialis very interesting as a secondary rawmaterial for Fresitec GmbH, a 100% LoserChemie sister company. Both are 100%daughters of the newly establishedL´FFICIENCY Holding.Fresitec has set itself the goal ofcontinuing and expanding the recyclingactivities of Solar World, at the former sitein Freiberg in Saxony, Germany. Thecompany has 20 years’ experience inreworking, upgrading und recoveringsilicon in many forms and formats. Fresiteccan take the yielded silicon from therecycling process and use it as feedstock.Their portfolio includes mechanical andchemical processes, as well as innovativecrystallisation techniques.Business developments started inNovember 2017 and now the L´FFICIENCYHolding group is very well positioned alongthe value chain.Loser Chemie GmbH will be presentingrecycling technology at Intersolar Europe2018 in Munich and at the Intersolar NA2018 in San Francisco.Fresitec GmbH will present technologiesaround the silicon semiconductor materialat the Semicon West 2018. www.loserchemie.de www.fresitec.de www.lfficiency.de The research project receives Fig 6. Yielded silicon, with residues of the silver and aluminium contacts funding from the European Community’s Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020 (2014-2020) under grant agreement no. 641972.102 PES Solar

Meet Solar Micronics, the ‘A’ team for all your macro-projects. We are a Chicago-based solardeveloper, and EPC (engineering, procurement, and construc�on) contractor for commercial,industrial, and u�lity-scale projects.From planning and design stage through construc�on and post-construc�on opera�on andmaintenance, the Solar Micronics team will be with you all the way for successful execu�on ofprojects. Be sure to ask about our ‘Exclusive Life�me Warranty’.Whether it is just solar, or solar plus storage system, our engineers and the installa�on team willknock your socks off by exceeding your expecta�ons!Give us a call at 630 842 8658, or 312 265 6895 today! Our Creden�als:100 Tower Drive, Suite 131, Burr Ridge, IL 60527 www.pessolar.com 103 Tel: 312-265-6895: Fax: 630-390-2203 Www.solarmicronics.co

ASK THE EXPERTSTop quality measurement andcontrol hardware and software PES has an exclusive interview with Jörg Scholz, CEO, Gantner Instruments Environment Solutions GmbH. The solar/ PV industry is expanding and his company has just the solution for measurement and control of all parameters of utility scale PV power plants. They are already in Egypt and Australia. He is optimistic and confident about the future. Jörg Scholz PES: Welcome back to PES Solar/PV power plants. We develop and produce magazine. Thanks for talking with us. hardware and software for measurement104 PES Solar For the benefit of our newer readers, and control of all required parameters in would you like to begin by explaining a such plants. All solutions and services are little about the background of Gantner ‘Made in Germany’. Our web portal Instruments Environment Solutions and software is designed to manage even the the importance of the Solar/PV industry large size PV plant portfolios. All these to you? solutions are supported by our O&M activities giving us the possibility of offering Jörg Scholz: Gantner is a market-leading high quality products worldwide with local full solution provider for utility scale PV service. While our offerings are tailored for

ASK THE EXPERTSthe PV industry, they are also very pertinent Commissioning of the first power plant JS: Due to its scalability the monitoring andto other energy sectors. was performed onsite by our engineers. control based in the Q.reader datalogger Remote support is provided via a high can be applied to both the commercial andPES: Are you still experiencing growth in security connection with help of ‘Gantner. utility scale market. The data acquisitionthis market? RAS’. Gantner.RAS is a remote access system grows with the plant requirements. service for global fleet management of The distributed Q.series measurementJS: Yes, we are experiencing significant onsite DAQ devices. modules can be integrated at any time. It isgrowth in PV in most geographical regions. possible to configure the monitoringThanks to the decreasing costs of solar PES: Please could you tell us about the solution individually, with auto-alarming viaenergy production and an increasing global datalogger Q.reader monitoring and email or SMS, as well as with localawareness of the advantages of clean control solution? arithmetic functions provided.energy, we are confident that this trend willcontinue for several years. Now application JS: Q.reader is a datalogger which In Germany we are a leading supplier forof solar energy is not only justified by its performs logging and control of all required ground mounted PV and especially valuedadvantages to the environment, but it has PV plant information: string level current for our knowledge in the grid integration foralso become economically competitive. and voltage, inverter data, meteorological the several 100 utilities in Germany with data from weather stations, grid their absolutely different requirements forPES: We have been hearing about your measurements and other state variables control and communication.success in Egypt and we would love to e.g. switch gear and transformer status. Inknow more about it. How did it begin? parallel it also acts as a power plant PES: Does your solution provide supportHow has it grown? controller PPC for the grid operator. for grid connected solar systems with export limitations?JS: We implemented our first project in Its accurate data acquisition and controlEgypt in the Benban region with German concept is inverter independent and gives JS: Yes, we offer an advanced easy-to-EPC ib vogt. After successful, on schedule, feedback about losses due to inverter configure web-based control solution forcommissioning of the first 64.1MW solar malfunction, soiling, shading, PV module grid connected systems with exportpower plant in December 2017, we were degradation etc. The Linux based limitations. Grid feed-in management hasrepeatedly chosen as the supplier for the platform can control up to 100MW plants become an important topic for properlycomplete monitoring system for the next with just one controller and fulfils all connecting PV systems to the power grid.three plants in the Benban complex with a international requirements.total of 166.5MW. For these plants we A power analyser measures the total powerprovided Q.reader as both data logger and PES: Is this used for the domestic at the grid connection point and comparespower plant controller, dc combiner boxes, market, utility scale market or both and it with the adjustable set point of themeteo stations and Gantner.webportal. what are the benefits to the customers? controller in a closed control circuit to ensure the precision and the setting times defined by the grid operator, including failsafe operation. Features such as direct marketing, reactive power supply and zero export can be provided. PES: We would also love to know more about Gantner’s latest string monitoring devices: ‘string.bloxx’. JS: Our latest ‘string.bloxx’ has been designed for 1500V voltage and up to 32 PV strings can be connected. Using DC shunts the string.bloxx provides current measurements typically 10 times more accurate and not susceptible to temperature variance. PES: Why are these so popular in the industry? JS: The achieved high accuracy measurements contribute to better understanding of the plant performance. In addition string voltage, up to 1500V and DC power on every string can be continuously monitored ensuring maximum system productivity. PES: Could you tell us about your cloud based software and is it currently widely used? JS: For worldwide data access and PV power plant monitoring portfolios, all information collected by the Q.reader datalogger is perfectly integrated in the gantner.webportal. It is used to collect a huge amount of data, about 5.000 channels per MWp and minute and assists the user www.pessolar.com 105

ASK THE EXPERTSto generate reliable information about the PES: Do you have any new developments solutions in several Eastern Europeanrecent status of the plant. in the pipeline that you are able to share markets and we have also successfully with us? started selling systems in the NetherlandsAll data is stored in the cloud and and Denmark.accessible via secured connection also JS: On hardware site we are coming up withfrom mobile devices with HTML5 and W3C. new data logger / PPC to fulfil the PES: What is the single biggestGantner.webportal is used by several requirements for commercial rooftop systems, challenge facing the market today?leading marked players and the installed concerning both expected price levels andpower of their typical portfolios is about new requires features, such as zero feed in. JS: The market is very dynamic, with500-1000MW. We are permanently working to further permanently changing requirements due to improve our DC and AC combiner boxes. fast technological progress. There is highPES: What advantages does this bring awareness for continuously neededto the end user in terms of cost and We have newly engineered DC combiner research and development efforts. Fortime saving? boxes for the Australian market, with three instance the switch from system voltage parallel string inputs, 50A fuses and DC from 1000V to 1500V requires newJS: The main objective of gantner.webportal main switches compliant to Australian hardware and software development.is to support the customers in their daily standard AS5033. Additionally we offer newtasks in order to reliable reach his ROI AC Combiner boxes for 800V AC and 1500V Furthermore product prices need to betargets. The intelligent traffic light system DC anti-PID compatibility. adapted according to the recent priceand sophisticated alarming features save pressure in the market, but in parallel aplenty of time in the O&M day to day We are about to increase the geographical high quality product is mandatory in ourroutines; important features preventing the areas covered by us to Eastern Europe and target projects.system from having false alarms, the also extend our existing solutions to plantsintegration of logics to take into account e.g. with zero export requests. We continuously Gantner instruments focus is to adopt thisAIO (angle of incidence) and shading angles. strive to optimise the service around our challenge without reducing the legendary products, e.g. by providing a professional Gantner quality, which it set in 1982.The Gantner.webportal contributes to the documentation of our individual solutionsreduction of risks for investors and provides during the product development process. PES: Looking ahead into 2018 andthem with reliable information about O&M, beyond, what trends and/or changes aretrack record and plant performance, as well PES: Where do you currently operate, you anticipating in the market and why?as the ability to control the plant. Optimised where are the key markets for GantnerPV production leads to increased asset and are there are any areas, JS: New markets in the Middle East andvalue. The Gantrner.webportal has geographically speaking, that you would North Africa will play an important role innumerous analysis functions and it is like to break in to? the utility scale PV market.possible for example, to distinguish themain reasons for production losses, such JS: Operating world-wide, we are currently From the technical point of view we canas hardware failures, potential induced a leading supplier for monitoring solutions expect the final breakthrough of plants withdegradation on panels (PID), temperature in Australia and Egypt, both of them among 1500V system voltage. Not forgetting theinfluence, soiling. Visualisation of all the recent fastest growing markets. In the Importance of reliable PV plant gridmeasured values down to string level is German market we are supply to new PV integration, another important trend, whichprovided as well as comprehensive and projects on a regular basis. In 2018 we are can be solved professionally with the helpindividually configurable report functions. seeing significant growth potential for our of our control equipment. www.gantner-environment.com106 PES Solar



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