US-based American Building Technologies has recently tested its solar collector panel known as Alubond Solar Collector Panel (SCP).

The company is a subsidiary of the UAE-based multinational group Mulk Holdings. This panel was designed by ABTI managing partner Khurram Nawab and developed in the UAE R&D facilities of Alubond.

The U.S. patented solar collector Panel is a 3 mm composite weighing approx 4 kgs per m2 with a 92 percent reflectivity and offering a 20 years exterior performance warranty.

As per the information available, the product's "ability to retain a parabolic shape to precise coordinates and its light weight features and its innovative rivetless joining process substantially reduces the substructure costs".

The company shared that the panels were tested and chosen for over $200m solar energy generation plant project in New Mexico City USA. The 25 MW project was approved by a private energy firm based in Texas, for generating solar energy using Alubond Solar collectors, according to the company.

The first phase will involve ABTI supplying 1.75 million sq. feet of its solar collector panels from its Rockford and UAE production base. Besides the panels themselves, ABTI will also supply 14000 `ribs' or support structures, to aid in conversion and storage of the heat energy derived from the sun, which is then transformed into electricity.