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The Sunflower: Secret to Solar’s Efficiency Success?
Finding inspiration in the structure of a sunflower, a group of scientists has designed a concentrated solar power plant (CSP) that will require 20 percent less land than existing plants while increasing theamount of sunlight its solar mirrors are able to collect. At the sprawling CSP plants already in use worldwide, hundreds of mirrors are [...]
Energy Innovations Achieves World-Leading Efficiency with New Sunflower HCPV System
Pasadena, California-based Energy Innovations, Inc.,announced that its latest generation Sunflower module has achieved aworld leading 29% conversion efficiency – almost double the averageefficiency of flat plate photovoltaic (PV) systems. Energy Innovations is a manufacturer of high concentration solarmodules and systems. Founded in 2001 at Idealab, the company pioneeredthe development of highly concentrated PV (HCPV) as [...]
Solar-powered ‘Sunflower’ outdoor speaker concept
Making solar energy more practical, Argentina-based product designer, Ignacio Pilotto,has come up with the “Sunflower” outdoor speaker concept. The productis intended to be used in outdoor parties where harnessing the sun isnot a problem. The wireless speaker system is fed by UV rays through asolar cell center that is to be positioned in the direction [...]