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I thought today (Blog Action Day 2009)
would be a good day to post a couple snapshots of my prototype solar
panel. Getting these made was my "summer project", which morphed into
the full-on launching of my new company 3D Solar Inc.
For anyone new to the site, these patent pending panels incorporate a
mirror with each row of solar cells forming a V-shape pair. This is
easiest to see in the top picture, where the mirror is on the left and
the row of cells on the right (pattern repeats)--if you look at the
bottom of the picture you can see the V. The reason this is/should be
"interesting": because the mirror puts more light on the cells, you get
more power from each cell, so you need fewer cells per panel, leading
to less expensive panels.
I
have sent the prototype to an independent testing lab where they will
measure the performance of the solar panel and report back.
