Age of Aquarius? Let the sun shine in!..............
To: Uncledave
2 posted on
05/16/2008 8:27:46 AM PDT by
Red Badger
( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
To: Red Badger
3 posted on
05/16/2008 8:28:23 AM PDT by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: Red Badger
Now if they can just take that “waste heat’ and turn it into electricity thru a thermoelectric material we’ll be all set.......
4 posted on
05/16/2008 8:29:15 AM PDT by
Red Badger
( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
To: Red Badger
Cool. But how big is the lens?
Doesn't matter if the photovoltaic is 1 cm^2 if the lens is 1 m^2.
5 posted on
05/16/2008 8:30:42 AM PDT by
wbill
To: Red Badger
LOL - reminds me of the Bond movie: Goldfinger.
7 posted on
05/16/2008 8:30:54 AM PDT by
Ingtar
(Haley Barbour 2012, Because he has experience in Disaster Recovery. - ejonesie22)
To: Red Badger
“If it can overcome additional challenges to move this project from the lab to the fab...” If we could find a way to extract power from all the claims of “solar breakthroughs” like this over the last 30 years, we’d be in great shape.
8 posted on
05/16/2008 8:31:37 AM PDT by
PC99
To: ourusa; theKid51
9 posted on
05/16/2008 8:32:18 AM PDT by
bmwcyle
(I always rely on God and Guns in that order)
To: Red Badger
That is just a Fresnel lens.
To: Red Badger
"able to cool the solar cell from greater than 1600 degrees Celsius to just 85 degrees Celsius."
Use the heat manufacturing device to power a steam turbine to generate electricity.
To: Red Badger
By mimicking the antics of a child using a magnifying glass to burn a leaf Most kids I knew growing up skipped the leaf and went directly to the ants !!!
To: Red Badger
But by borrowing innovations from its own R&D in cooling computer chips, the team was able to cool the solar cell from greater than 1600 degrees Celsius to just 85 degrees Celsius. Probably the biggest news in the story. This is an outstanding accomplishment, which has a lot wider application.
22 posted on
05/16/2008 9:10:19 AM PDT by
r9etb
To: Red Badger
I’d like to see the cooling system. I would suspect it requires more than 70W to function.
27 posted on
05/16/2008 9:29:54 AM PDT by
mpreston
To: RedStateRocker; Dementon; eraser2005; Calpernia; DTogo; Maelstrom; Yehuda; babble-on; ...
Renewable Energy Ping 
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29 posted on
05/16/2008 9:31:55 AM PDT by
Uncledave
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