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Solar 'concentrators' focus on efficiency

by ZDNet Author  |  July 20, 2006 2:45pm PDT  |  Image 2 of 4

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Sunflower
Energy Innovations, an Idealab company, has developed the Sunflower, a heliovolt which has 25 mirrors to concentrate sunlight on a single solar cell. The technique is designed to get more electricity from expensive silicon cells, making the overall system more cost-effective.

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