Project Finance & Developers

Skyline’s High Gain Solar (HGS) systems have a cost structure and generation characteristics that enable developers and financiers to achieve outstanding returns.

LOWER INSTALLED COST

Our cost structure is highly competitive with fixed-tilt thin film and tracked crystalline silicon and is superior to other CPV offerings.  We are happy to share details and pricing with organizations with which we have non-disclosure agreements.

MORE ON-PEAK SUMMER ENERGY

Because we use large heat sinks to cool our modules and reduce temperature degradation, our systems produce more on-peak summer energy than tracked silicon panels.  Summer on-peak energy has four times more value per MWh than off-peak energy in electricity markets such as Southern California.  This gives HGS a distinct financial advantage.

UNIQUELY UPGRADEABLE

Our upgradeable design offers developers who plan to continue to own and operate the solar plant the option for a very profitable boost to the system’s output 5-10 years down the road when cell efficiencies have improved.

PROVEN TECHNOLOGY, LOWER RISK

Skyline’s design removes many of the risk factors that plague other approaches to CPV.

• Our systems use crystalline silicon with a 50 year track record rather than unproven, non-upgradeable multi-junction cells.
• Our single-axis trackers are less costly and more reliable than dual-axis trackers.
• The materials we use in our mirrors have proven their durability through decades of deployment in the concentrating solar thermal industry.
• Skyline systems are scalable from 60 kW to many megawatts.  Unlike CSP, HGS systems can begin generating energy and revenue as soon as each portion of the project is completed.  Also unlike CSP, HGS systems require no water for operation.

Please review our White Paper or contact us to learn more.