coolearth heats up solar
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California’s Coolearth is a solar power generation company with a different take on things. The company’s funky-looking, suspended solar concentrator and rigging technology, is a striking departure from traditional photovoltaic cell installations.
Coolearth’s solar energy plants consist of inflated (think foil balloon) mirror concentrators which gather sunlight and focus it onto photovoltaic cells. These concentrators increase the energy impacting the solar cells many times over. Their strong structure is designed to withstand 100 mph winds and protect the mirrored surface and receiver from rain, insects, dirt, and the elements.
The system is mounted on a truss system from which the concentrators are suspended in series on support and control cables stretched between poles. . The ground beneath the concentrators remains free for other uses, such as farming or ranching.
Coolearth is currently negotiating with utility companies for the sale of energy from their solar power plants. “The company’s goal is to provide clean, renewable, solar power electricity at a competitive cost with current fossil based sources of grid power.” Coolearth’s technology is designed to generate electricity at a cost competitive with traditionally fueled power plants.
more info @ coolearthsolar.com
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