What’s New under the Sun?
The answer is the aptly named photovoltaic
concentrating generator, the Sunflower. It’s a 10 meter high sun tracking dish (flower
shaped) that can transported in a single shipping container to any location and
it’s an all in one machine. The Sunflower turns solar energy into electricity
and heat and produces clean drinking water in the process. It’s light weight
because the solar mirrors are made of metallized foil like some candy wrappers
or potato chip bags. In coastal areas the Sunflower is designed to drive a low
temperature desalinator and produce 2,500 liters of fresh water per day. In
inland areas the Sunflower will drive a water purifier. From 10 hours of
sunlight the Sunflower will deliver 12 kilowatts of electricity and 20 kilowatts
of heat. Airlight Energy of Biasca, Switzerland has the licensed patents on
this technology and will be field testing it in seven remote sites by 2016 with
the intent to put the Sunflower on the market by 2017. And that’s what’s new
under the sun.
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