Nutrition and material sciences company DSM, the Netherlands, has developed a new sand-resistant coating for glass for solar panels. The company, which was already active in the production of anti-reflective coating for solar modules, claims its new sand-resistant coating material has a combination of anti-soiling and anti-reflective properties that makes it particularly indicated for solar panels installed in dry, desert-like regions.
The new technology is currently being tested at a solar facility located near Dunhuang, in the Gobi desert in northwest China. Middle East and North Africa are considered by the company as the main potential markets for its new technology. “Our new Solar Technology Lab in the Netherlands is where these innovations take place and where we constantly look for solutions to increase the efficiency of solar modules,” said Jan Grimberg, at DSM.
DSM operates an anti-reflective coating production plant in Sittard-Geleen, the Netherlands. The company’s new manufacturing facility at the site began production in April 2013. In November 2014, the company opened an international research center for innovative materials at the same facility. The completion of the center was part of a €100 million investment in knowledge and innovation in the Netherlands that DSM announced in May 2012.
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