Projects and references

The use of very special solar arrays in this keading solar module technology was part of the success in the following projects.

Hans H. Gochermann for AEG, Telefunken and Deutsche Aerospace:

Year Project Efficiency
1985 Mercedes-Benz Silver Arrow, winner of the 1st Tour de Sol, Switzerland 13.5 % cells
1986 Spirit of Biel I, winner of the 2nd Tour de Sol 14.5 % cells
1990 Spirit of Biel II, outstanding winner of the Australian World Solar Challenge (WSC)
Innovation: shingled cell strings
17.0 % cells
1993 Spirit of Biel III, 2nd winner of WSC
innovation: two-dimensional shingled cells
18.4 % cells
19.0 % arrays
1996 sCHooler (originally Spirit of Biel III '93), winner of single passenger car WSC 19.0 % arrays

Hans H. Gochermann for Gochermann Solar Technology:

Year Project Efficiency
1996 University of Stuttgart Icaré, winner of the first International Competition for Solar Powered Gliders, Ulm, Germany 17.0 % cells
1996 Lucien Giol, France Heliotrophe, participant WSC 16.5 % cells
1996 Mitsubishi Materials Sun Challenger, 3rd winner of single passenger car WSC 17.0 % cells
1996 Stanford and Berkeley University, California Afterburner 21-22 % cells
1996 world record for solar array efficiency, innovative non-reflective surface and two-dimensional shingled module 22.7 % arrays
1997 Afterburner II, EFG solar cells array, 2nd winner of Solar Car Race 97, USA
1997 prototypes of solar arrays integrated in car's sun roof
1998 Kyushu Tokai University, 2nd winner of Akita Rallye, Japan
1998 South Bank University, London, UK
1998 Polytechnicum Lille, France Helios (using non-reflective surface)
1998 Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Ishikawa, Japan (using non-reflective surface)
1999 currently under construction: new world record for solar modules  >23 % arrays
1999 currently under construction: an ultra lightweight solar array with 3 kW for a very high altitude solar powered glider
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