Testing and Validation Center
The aim is to help investors, government agencies, industrial entities and other stake holders to make informed decisions and reduce uncertainties due to the continuous generation of unbiased performance data of innovative solar technologies.
The SDTV will provide an exciting venue for researching, demonstrating, testing, and validating a broad range of solar technologies at the early commercial or near-commercial stage of development. Its mission is to increase the efficiency of solar energy technologies and rapidly deploy them to the commercial market.
The new center will be launched within the coming months on an area of over 60,000 sqm in the Rotem Industrial Park, where optimum climate conditions for solar power exist throughout most of the year.
It is estimated that over 25 different solar technologies will be hosted at SDTV, for demonstration, testing and verification purposes. Each technology will be installed in a 1000 – 2000 sqm plot of land. The hosted technologies will be measured on a continuous basis in field conditions, enabling collection and analysis of critical performance data of various PV, CPV and Solar Thermal technologies.
Performance of solar technologies will be measured, effects and implications of environmental conditions on the installed technologies will be assessed (such as temperatures, dust, humidity and wind), maintenance practices will be evaluated, and a range of benchmarking of systems, sub-systems and specific components will be performed. Unbiased reports will be generated upon request, in accordance to international standards.
The SDTV center will be located within Rotem fully secured and maintained industrial park, with advanced infrastructure, operational and logistical facilities and technological centers that will support and provide a range of services in accordance to the needs of each hosted technology.
A variety of key players in the solar industry are likely to benefit from this initiative, primarily promoters and developers of solar technologies who are in need for unbiased performance data of their technologies. In addition, banks, investors, government agencies, academies and industrial players are likely to benefit as well from access and exposure to this valuable data.
Current testing, demonstration and validation sites operating in the Rotem Industrial park
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