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Where in the world do you get 50% conversion?
"So, if we figure we will probably be able to get (in the near future) 50% conversion from solar cells, at 1Kw per meter squared"

Average PV cells are around 12% conversion at best which means they deliver 120 watts per square meter. The best system in the world which relies on 500x suns using collector systems can do 37% and we're still waiting for that to show up in a commercial product.

Heck if you could sell me a 3x3 meter dish concentrator with one of these 37% efficiency cells and sun tracking for $10,000 that produces 3300 watts during the day, I'd buy it in a heart beat. Many people would. The problem is that it doesn't exist commercially.
Posted by: georgeou   Posted on: 07/25/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Fantasy  baggins_z | 05/05/06
even if that's true, we should still pursue it  tmurph1810 | 05/05/06
Agreed  Boot_Agnostic | 05/05/06
Because  baggins_z | 05/05/06
What else is in Death Valley?  osreinstall | 05/05/06
Ummmm yes!  Linux User 147560 | 05/05/06
The waste, yeah.  Imaginos1892 | 05/05/06
not Fantasy  specialk_z | 05/05/06
Facts  baggins_z | 05/05/06
Are you sure?  Linux User 147560 | 05/05/06
Facts? Hah!  Imaginos1892 | 05/05/06
There are ways to make it happen captain...  Linux User 147560 | 05/05/06
Stupid  baggins_z | 05/05/06
No, stupid is not thinking outside the box and accepting  Linux User 147560 | 05/05/06
Who says you have to pave the desert?  osreinstall | 05/05/06
Sparsely spaced dual axis trackers perferable.  thetruth_z | 05/05/06
Still would be too expensive for retail.  osreinstall | 05/05/06
I agree with the 1/kilowatt m^2, but not the conclusion  el1jones | 05/05/06
Where in the world do you get 50% conversion?  georgeou | 07/25/06
all of the above  slawless | 05/05/06
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