The NSG Group offers a range of specialised glass and coated glass products used in all of the leading solar energy technologies, including thin film photovoltaics, crystalline silicon photovoltaics, concentrated solar power technology and solar thermal collectors.

NSG TEC™ is a group of products, including a comprehensive range of TCO glass (Transparent Conductive Oxide coated glass), optimised to suit a variety of thin film photovoltaics, with different haze and conductivity levels.

This range of low-iron glass products is suitable for use in thin film photovoltaics, crystalline silicon photovoltaics, concentrated solar power technology, solar thermal collectors and solar mirrors.

Pilkington Energy Advantage™ is a pyrolitically on-line coated low-emissivity glass. It offers substantial improvement on thermal insulation when compared to clear float glass.

NSG TEC™ offers a wide variety of thermal and heated glass performance properties, whilst increasing light transmittance and optimizing electrical conductivity. The products are specifically tuned to meet the requirements of a wide range of applications.

Glass manages solar heat radiation by three mechanisms: reflectance, transmittance and absorbance. (3) Absorbance – the proportion of solar radiation absorbed by the glass. In hot conditions or for building with high internal loads, solar control glass is used to minimize solar heat gain.

Crystalline silicon photovoltaics is the most widely used photovoltaic technology. Crystalline silicon photovoltaics are modules built using crystalline silicon solar cells (c-Si), developed from the microelectronics technology industry.

Construction is well underway on a 1.4 MW solar array installation at our Rossford, Ohio site. This project, constructed by AEP OnSite Partners, is scheduled to be completed early next year and will supply about 2.5 million kWh’s of renewable energy annually.

In traditional photovoltaics, the solar cells may be encapsulated using toughened high-transmission glass, which protects the cells from the elements. During its life cycle, a solar panel can produce over 15 times the amount of energy used to make it.

Each of our products within the NSG TEC™ range is targeted at a particular thin film photovoltaic technology. The NSG TEC™ descriptive names indicate the technology to which the products are most suited as well as the corresponding technical values.