With its very high solar energy transmittance, our low iron glass Pilkington Optiwhite™ is the ideal cover plate for a range of solar technologies, including Thin Film Photovoltaics, Concentrated Solar Power Technology and Solar Thermal Collectors. Pilkington Optiwhite™ can also be used as a cover plate for Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaics.
available in annealed or tempered/toughened form for Pilkington Optiwhite™ and Pilkington Optiwhite™ S; available in annealed form only for Pilkington Microwhite™.
Our range of solar glass products includes the standard and well established low iron glass Pilkington Optiwhite™, and Pilkington Optiwhite™ S, which was developed specifically for the solar industry and offers even greater solar energy transmittance.
Pilkington Microwhite™ is our Pilkington Optiwhite™ in its extremely thin version (glass thicknesses down to 1.0 mm).
All measurements have been carried out by UKAS accredited laboratory and have been calculated to ISO9050:2003 AM1.5 and D65 (2dg obs).
All figures quoted are indicative of typical product properties.