Manufactures
solar thermal systems for domestic and commercial/industrial hot water and
solar cooling systems.
Chrysalix
take: Jim Fletcher
1.
What is the insight that led to Chrysalix investing?
Solar-thermal
hot water heating is significantly more cost effective than solar electric
(PV): each dollar of capex yields 5 times the usable energy
2. What is the company’s
biggest strength?
Design
innovations leading to increased performance and lower cost. The company has
also built custom engineering capability.
3. What is the implication
of this company being successful?
Solar
thermal’s attractive economics will lead to broad market deployment. With more
self-generation through solar power for hot water heating and cooling, the use
of polluting conventional power can be significantly reduced.
