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Stace’s owned & operated CPV powerplant
Besides owning and operating a 1.68
MW CPV powerplant in California,
USA, Stace’s CPV technology is also
installed in the world’s largest CPV
power plant in TouwsRiver, South
Africa with an installed capacity
of 44MW providing about 23,000
homes with clean, renewable
energy.

We now have a solution from the solar modules
to the grid for our customers, said Normand,
as we are about to complete the setup of a
manufacturing line in Canada for the modules,
whose annual capacity is 20MW of modules
per year which could be expanded to 70MW,
as we have invested more than US$25 Million
dollars. It is also possible to localize part of the
manufacturing activities in countries where
the demand justifies it.
In addition, we are committed to continue the
research and development of our solar module
for the future as we are in collaboration with
universities located around the world in this
regard, Normand explained.
Stace CPV modules and trackers are a
profitable and ecological investment. Using
the Concentrix technology supported by the
Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems
ISE, based in Freiburg, Germany, STACE offers
a reliable, proven, cost effective and bankable
known as Concentrix™, hence becoming the solution for solar energy generation.
Furthermore, Stace’s three phases, metal- technological leader of the CPV industry.
enclosed, segregated and non-segregated This acquisition perfectly fit into Stace’s
phase busses are custom designed to meet strategy to increase its presence in the
the low and medium voltage requirements renewable energy industry. It provided an
in addition to the specific continuous and amazing window of opportunity for not only Based on its innovative technologies
short-circuit current of generating stations, customers who want to see the CPV modules and products, Stace provides
substations or industrial power distribution manufactured by Stace under operation, but solutions to encounter the high
systems. also being recognised as the most efficient, expectations of their worldwide
Concentrated Photovoltaic modules reliable and bankable technology in the CPV customers and is already working
market.
and trackers on an additional product that will
For the last decade, Stace has also been be a game changer in the energy
involved in the Solar market by providing management of solar power plants.
customized balance of plant equipment to
utilities. Last year, to complete their solar
offering, they made the acquisition of Soitec
Concentrated Photovoltaic (CPV) technology

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