Gregg Patterson
Origami Solar, builders of a patent-pending metal body for solar modules, says manufacturing samples of its new Gen 2 metal module body are prepared for analysis and certification testing.
Leveraging funding in U.S. module-production capability by sourcing home metal frames can decrease prices, create jobs and faucet into home content material incentives within the Inflation Reduction Act, the corporate says. It additionally provides a possibility to finish the solar trade’s reliance on imported aluminum.
“Our Gen 2 frames are lighter, stronger and ideally suited to provide superior support to the new large-format modules coming to market,” says Gregg Patterson, CEO of Origami Solar. “In collaboration with steelmakers and precision roll formers, we have designed the Origami steel module frame to match the fit, form and function of industry-standard frames, making the transition from aluminum to steel seamless for module manufacturing and field installation.”
Adds Thomas Welser of Welser Profile, a producer of roll-formed metal merchandise, “Our goal throughout this process has been to support Origami Solar to ensure that any solar panel producer will be able to rapidly integrate and scale these frames with virtually no changes to their production processes, in both the U.S. and Europe.”
Along with assist for elevated manufacturing of domestically produced recycled metal, Origami Solar frames are anticipated to cut back production-related greenhouse gases by as much as 93%, representing a discount of 80 kg per module or 200 metric tons per megawatt.
With efficiency testing by third-party labs and module producers nearing completion, Gen 2 production-ready frames at the moment are obtainable for analysis testing by module makers and key companions throughout the solar worth chain.
