From a hedonist point of view, solar light beam is a great source to get tanned. The more they are concentrated, the quicker the skin get browned. If there are too much of sunlight, they melt or burn. Especially in tanning cabins, where we won’t never go.
In Israel, scientists at the Sede Boqer solar center, lost somewhere in the desert, are suffering the same kind of problem. They are currently conduction a solar plant test that, if successful, could produce electrical power as cheap as conventional plants could do. The testing solar plant shows nothing new except that it’s huge. Very huge. Up to 1,000 mirrors to reflect the much sunlight as they can. That’s a lot to deal with for the unique photovoltaic node of the structure. It’s the same problem as the tanned people use to deal with.
The idea is smart. The current solar panels don’t convert enough sun beam to supply a metro area needs in electricity. Even with mega giga fields full of giant panels. The workaround of this problem yields in building parabolic mirrors to concentrate sunlights and get the photovoltaic produce more. Scientists estimate that 10×10 cm of concentrator module at 1,000 suns should dish out the equivalent amount of 18 square meters of regular photovoltaic panels.
So far, the first results of the tests are very promising, almost as theory could plan, affirmed David Faiman, the center’s director, to United Press International. But only 40% of mirrors were used and any dark cloud or sand storm didn’t show its face. They also expect to face some bird dropping, a dramatic problem that could drop by 20% the efficiency of the solar dishes.
Israel is pushing very hard into solar power. Israel could inspire some best practices in other places. In California for example, where the weather conditions tend to be similar.
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