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Could Solar Power work more effectively if the solar rays were magnified?
By admin | March 20, 2009
Nohbdy Ahtall asked:
If we focused the sun’s energy like a magnifying glass does into the solar panels, would this generate more power at all?
Sandra
If we focused the sun’s energy like a magnifying glass does into the solar panels, would this generate more power at all?
Sandra
Topics: Solar Power |
March 22nd, 2009 at 11:43 pm
Not really.
It would reduce the size of the needed solar panel to generate a given amount of energy, but you cannot increase the total power we receive from the sun.
March 26th, 2009 at 4:02 am
No, it would not. If the magnifying glass is the same area as the solar collectors, then it would be the same amount of energy the solar collectors would be gathering without the magnifying glass.
In a way it would be cheaper, using cheap mirrors to focus the sun’s rays onto a smaller solar collector surface area. And solar collectors are far more expensive. But as to more power? No.
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March 28th, 2009 at 3:36 am
i think sooo ….. but i dont know……..
March 30th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
The panels will just melt down.