The award-winning Sopogy Soponova 4.0 (Illustration courtesy of Sopogy)

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Sopogy, Inc.’s MicroCSP™ Solar Collector “SopoNova 4.0™” received Gold in the Plant Engineering Product of the Year 2008 in the category of electrical power. 

The Plant Engineering Product of the Year Awards honor the most innovative and useful products introduced to the industrial plant engineering market each year. The Gold, Silver, and Bronze Awards in each category were presented at the Plant Engineering Manufacturing Summit Gala on Monday March 30 in Charleston, S.C.

SopoNova 4.0™ combines the reliable performance of conventional concentrating parabolic trough technologies with several novel and revolutionary features that include the world’s first 270 degree MicroCSP tracker, integrated stands, automatic operation, and custom controls. 

The modular, versatile, and scalable solar collector uses mirrors and lenses to concentrate the sun’s rays and generate solar electricity, process heating, and solar cooling. 

The technology captures cost efficiencies by operating in lower temperatures which enable general contractor installation and low cost thermal energy storage. 

“We are delighted and honored to receive the Gold Award for Product of the Year 2008,” said Sopogy CEO and President, Darren Kimura. “This award not only encompasses prestige, but is a symbol of quality and innovation in the industry. We would like to thank the editors and staff at Plant Engineering, as well as all the readers who voted for SopoNova 4.0™.”

The Plant Engineering Product of the Year Awards are the premier honor for new products and among the most sought-after distinctions by manufacturers when establishing new products in the plant engineering industry. 

One hundred and fifty finalists in sixteen categories were selected by a panel of judges consisting of plant engineers for publication in Plant Engineering Magazine. Subscribers and readers then voted on their choices for the best products using an online ballot.  

Honolulu-based Sopogy specializes in MicroCSP solar technologies that bring the economics of large solar energy systems to the industrial, commercial and utility sectors in a smaller, robust and more cost effective package. 

Sopogy’s goals include to create solar solutions that improve the quality of life for all human kind and to bring order and simplicity to the chaos which is the current solar power business. 

It has a facility at Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority.

The company’s name origin comes from industry key words. The “SO” comes from solar, the “PO” comes from “power” and the “GY” comes from “energy and technology.”  

— Find out more:

Sopogy: www.sopogy.com