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Press Release
SkyFuel’s ReflecTech wins RadTech 2010 Emerging Technology Award
for
Mirror Film Hardcoat Developed with Red Spot Paint and Varnish
Arvada, Colorado May 25th, 2010: SkyFuel, Inc. and Red Spot Paint and Varnish Co., Inc. are pleased to announce that SkyFuel’s ReflecTech division has received a 2010 Emerging Technology Award from RadTech International for the companies’ collaborative development of an abrasion resistant hardcoat for ReflecTech® Mirror Film. The hardcoat adds a protective shield to the surface of ReflecTech® Mirror Film which is primarily used in utility-scale parabolic trough concentrating solar power (CSP) systems as a high-performance, lower cost alternative to the fragile, curved glass mirrors commonly used in such systems. ReflecTech and Red Spot began developing the hardcoat in mid 2008 as part of a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
“The RadTech Emerging Technology Committee selects award winners based on promising and novel use of ultra violet or electron beam technology in commercial applications”; said Gary Cohen, Executive Director of RadTech. “We are pleased to honor ReflecTech for their leadership and exciting breakthrough innovations in concentrated solar energy systems. ReflecTech’s use of UV technology as an enabling process is fast emerging as a key driver in the development of our new energy economy”.
“We greatly appreciate RadTech’s recognition of this important innovation,” said Randy Gee, SkyFuel’s Chief Technology officer. “The abrasion resistant hardcoat adds one more feature to ReflecTech® Mirror Film, while actually boosting its reflectance. And it has been a delight to work with Red Spot and with NREL Principal Scientist Gary Jorgensen -- made doubly rewarding with the success of the research.”
As a global leader in the development and production of high performance coatings for plastics, Red Spot’s commitment to research and development and its capability to conduct extensive environmental, abrasion, mechanical, and accelerated weathering tests made it an ideal partner for ReflecTech in developing the hardcoat.
“Red Spot has been thrilled to collaborate with ReflecTech and NREL on this exciting technology, and we are especially gratified that ReflecTech has been recognized by RadTech for commercializing UV curable hardcoat technology for the solar market space,” said Patrick Peach, Red Spot’s Business Manager for Solar Energy Products. “This innovative hardcoat is a key component of Red Spot’s growing solar energy product portfolio.”
ReflecTech® Mirror Film with the abrasion-resistant hardcoat will be commercially available later this year and will initially be deployed on the SkyTrough®, SkyFuel’s advanced, high-performance, parabolic trough solar thermal collector.
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SkyFuel, Inc. is a solar thermal power technology and service provider emerging as a leading supplier of utility-grade CSP collector systems. The company’s SkyTrough® is a high-performance, low-cost parabolic trough solar thermal collector using ReflecTech® Mirror Film to form its shatterproof reflector panels at much lower cost than curved glass mirrors. SkyFuel’s wholly owned subsidiary, ReflecTech,Inc., holds the exclusive license to manufacture and market ReflecTech® Mirror Film. SkyFuel is also developing next-generation, high-temperature parabolic trough and linear Fresnel systems.
For more information, please contact Chris Huntington VP, Business Development
at (917) 715 2253 or via e-mail: chris.huntington@skyfuel.com
or visit the company’s website: www.skyfuel.com
ReflecTech, Inc. markets ReflecTech® Mirror Film which is used primarily to reflect sunlight onto the receivers of CSP collector systems. ReflecTech® Mirror Film also has applications in concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) systems, and other emerging CSP technologies such as linear Fresnel reflectors. ReflecTech®is the only high-reflectance mirror film proven for outdoor applications. ReflecTech® Mirror Film was developed in partnership with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, CO.
For more information, contact Alison Mason, Director of Marketing, ReflecTech, Inc.
(303) 330-0399 or at Alison.Mason@ReflecTechSolar.com
andplease visit ReflecTech’s website: www.reflectechsolar.com
Red Spot Paint & Varnish Company. Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Fujikura Kasei Co., Ltd., is a leading supplier of coatings for plastics with activities on six continents. Founded in 1903, the company formulates and manufactures paints, primers and specialty coatings for a variety of industries including automotive, aerospace, electronics, personal computers, packaging materials, and sporting goods. www.redspot.com
RadTech International North America, a non profit organization, is the association for the advancement of ultraviolet and electron beam (UV & EB) technology. RadTech serves as an industry forum, addressing the educational needs of the users and suppliers of UV and EB equipment and materials. Our members also represent end user companies in several industries including: Adhesives, Composite Applications, Converting/Packaging, Decorative Applications, Dental Restorations, Electronics/Electrical, Flooring, Graphic Arts (inks, high-gloss varnishes), Opto Electronics, Metals, Photoresists, Plastics, Rapid Prototype Parts Manufacture, Release Coatings, Steel Pipe, Tubing, and Wood Finishes. www.radtech.org
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