Mea culpa: yes, they *do* make solar panels w/concentrators

Posted by David Nebenzahl on April 6, 2009, 2:10 pm

http://www.solfocus.com/en/technology
"SolFocus' leading CPV technology combines high-efficiency solar cells
with advanced concentrating optics to provide high energy yield using
just 1/1000 the amount of photovoltaic material used in traditional
photovoltaic systems."
Is this the top sekrit technology that Smitty Two is working on?
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Posted by dpb on April 6, 2009, 1:31 pm

David Nebenzahl wrote:
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Don't know but the 1000:1 concentration ratio would fit his posting as
does the dual-axis tracker...would seem a likely candidate, indeed.
Reasonable ideas certainly and much more practical approach than "orders
of magnitude" increases in efficiencies of the conversion cell.

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