The Quartet system cools PV panels to boost power output, extracts and stores waste heat from PV panels, and converts the heat into hot water. Icarus’ proprietary heat extractors attach to the back of PV panels, allowing fluid to cool the panels through a closed loop system increasing panel performance and life. Quartet increases PV power output through cooling while it charges the thermal battery with recuperated heat. Stored thermal energy generates hot water on-demand. Quartet’s control system makes buy/sell/store decisions in real-time reducing demand for electric water heating lowering power bills and optimizing the ROI.
Icarus formed October 2016, is based in San Diego, California and works closely with UC San Diego, San Diego State, and the National Renewable Energy Lab.
Icarus was founded in October 2016 and has raised $604,000 in private funds while winning $900,000 in grants and in-kind services. Icarus is based in San Diego, California and works closely with UC San Diego, San Diego State, and the National Renewable Energy Lab.
Icarus won the 2019 CalSEED Proof of Concept Award and the 2020 Shell-NREL Gamechanger Program. In 2021, Icarus was selected a winner of the $450,000 CalSEED Prototype Award funded by the California Energy Commission.
The forward-thinking staff has the talent and experience to bring this technology to market because:
Icarus RT, Inc. is led by Mr. Mark Anderson, PE, MBA as President/CEO, former Project Director on the 29MW Chevron Solar-to-Steam plant, the pilot for Ivanpah. Anderson brings 40+ years power industry experience and contacts. He founded Icarus in October 2016 to explore using organic fluid to cool solar panels. In 1984, Mr. Anderson started MGA Consulting Services, Inc. and grew it to seven full-time engineers serving nuclear power. Mr. Anderson is conducting customer discovery interviews and will lead business development activities by building relationships throughout the industry.
Ronald Pitt is the CTO and brings 20+ years leadership in renewables. Pitt is the former President/CTO of Trace Engineering, which was the largest supplier of inverters. Pitt founded two startups in energy efficiency and has multiple patents. In 2005, he founded EcoDog, Inc. for Home Energy Monitoring and built a team of 10 professionals. Pitt wrote and implemented the sales/marketing plan and secured $1MM for production and marketing activities. EcoDog sold and installed 100 systems and won awards but was unable to raise the venture capital needed to grow.
The Advisory Board of 10 industry experts provides significant support.
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