High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Amonix, Inc. is a solar power system developer based in Seal Beach, California. The company manufactures concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) commercial solar power systems designed for installation in sunny and dry climates. CPV systems convert sunlight into electrical energy in the same way that conventional solar photovoltaic technology does, except that they use optical concentrators to focus the solar radiation before the light is absorbed by solar cells. According to a comparative study of energy production of solar technologies, CPV systems require no water for energy production and produce more energy per megawatt (MW) installed than traditional PV systems. Amonix has nearly 40 Megawatts of CPV solar power systems deployed globally, including Southwestern U.S. and Spain. Amonix solar manufacturing plant in North Las Vegas has closed its 214,000-square-foot facility a year after opening due to uncertainty in the US marketplace and to focus on international opportunities. A designer and manufacturer of concentrated photovoltaic solar power systems, Amonix received $6 million in federal tax credits for their North Las Vegas plant, which were never utilized, and a $15.6 million cost-share grant from the U.S. Department of Energy for research and development in 2007. In July 2012, Amonix set the world record for photovoltaic module efficiency at 34.2% (best measured) and 33.5% (full regression analysis) under nominal operating conditions, verified by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.