Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Spinning soler cells



Cool design, but I have my doubts the energy efficiency increases discussed will pan out. It is an interesting idea none-the-less. My two cents, a photovoltaic cell or system that uses uses some combination of fractal configuration or Fibonacci sequencing will be found to be the most efficient. I do not have any experimental evidence to back this theory, but if it is good for the plants....

In any event, here is an excerpt from the article and the link.

V3′s spinning cells are hoping to be a giant step forward for the industry by addressing the problem of boosting energy intake while preventing overheating. That’s why they spin, letting every cell get a lot of extra light for just a little while. Since it spins at a predetermined rate, solar farms could shed expensive and unwieldy sun tracking software and hardware.

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