Solar Ball Lens Improves Energy Efficiency 35%
A solar power concept employing a clear ball lens coupled with a support structure that has tracking on two axes is an aesthetic design for a clean energy generator. A liquid filled sphere acts as a solar concentrator to focus sunlight on a betaray energy collector. It can also be combined with a sterling engine.
German architect André Broessel is the designer. He says his system has a greater energy efficiency than regular PV solar panels and that it can generate four times the electricity on a cloudy day. He also says his technology can concentrate sunlight and moonlight up to 10,000 times.
Applications such as EV chargers, energy-producing windows and autonomous power generators are potential uses. The design is still in the prototype phase, so there doesn’t appear to be any specs released such as KW/MW capacity, weight, or cost.
Multiple smaller ball lenses can be placed side by side, as well. This array is called MicroTrack and a press release from 2012 shared some details, “MicroTrack will be available in Europe in July 2013, in the US and Asia late 2013, with a suggested retail price of €2.599 per square meter and minimal power output of 140 Watts in façades. Built-in to order options for multimedia LED technology include the ability to upgrade from one basic to three basic colors, with additional suggested retail price of €599 for the one basic color and € 649 for the three color module.”
Broessel’s innovations were nominated for the World Technology Network Awards in 2013. Rawlemon is the name of his company.
Start-ups sometimes pivot, moving suddenly in a new direction because they stumble upon some new insight that requires such a change. This solar ball lens and support structure might be scaled down for home applications such as charging consumer electronics like cell phones and laptops.
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