Thursday, December 11, 2008

Solar Panels 2

Ok, so I was a little off...

Title:
25% efficient concentrated solar power panels

Concentrated solar power (CSP) panels use two different mirrors to focus about 500 times the energy from the sun before the light is directed onto small high efficient solar cell. This small cell got cheaper than big one…. -:), that’s the idea behind. To use pricey materiel sparignly and gain in overall cost. The vast majority of the system “over 95%” is maid either from aluminum or glass. It uses traditionally lowcost and materials.

Not by much.

So now the rate of decline is 500^2? 25,000 times the usage due to resistance and electron loss and it's only twice as efficient? (the parent article stated that the efficiency went from 12 to 25%)

The article it came from is no better. They spout the word efficient like there is some actual explanation behind it. That's just what I would like to see instead of the same picture over and over again.

A major problem I see with the system is that it uses mirrors left out in the weather. I don't know about everyone, but at my house I get a lot of rain, pollen, bugs, and all other sorts of things that like to mess up nice shiny things. cleaning them would be a real hassle. Otherwise the more buildup you have the less power is generated.

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