treehugger.com— The dish is 4,300 square feet, but the actual solar panel part is only 3 inches by 3 inches! This will soon be tested by the National Solar Energy Center in Israel.
Mar 20, 2006View in Crawl 4
Actually, I think it is the focal point... the collector isn't hooked onto the dish yet, so you should be seeing it away from the dish a bit... if you look closely, you could see the triangle formed by the rays from the dish as well.
personally I hope they'd put it in let's say a desert somewhere. Where there's lots of sun. And hopefully not too much hail/rain. Then you only have to worry about the cacti and the six shootin' cattle wrestlers.
Very nice technology... If you have the right climate for it..Theoretically one can achieve the less then $1000 per kilowatt. But what if you live in a country like oooh let's see.... Belgium, where the standard day is gray, what will the cost per kilowatt be?
saifatlastMar 21, 2006
But they're only going to use it for peaceful purposes. Every country has the right to a giant solar deathray!!!!
williamhelmickMar 21, 2006
wow, that'd be great! that is, until the hail comes...
imkookooMar 21, 2006
Actually, I think it is the focal point... the collector isn't hooked onto the dish yet, so you should be seeing it away from the dish a bit... if you look closely, you could see the triangle formed by the rays from the dish as well.
vandykeeMar 21, 2006
how about if we just start with one sun.
pageldMar 21, 2006
personally I hope they'd put it in let's say a desert somewhere. Where there's lots of sun. And hopefully not too much hail/rain. Then you only have to worry about the cacti and the six shootin' cattle wrestlers.
sl33pyMar 21, 2006
Very nice technology... If you have the right climate for it..Theoretically one can achieve the less then $1000 per kilowatt. But what if you live in a country like oooh let's see.... Belgium, where the standard day is gray, what will the cost per kilowatt be?