Highly efficient 'Solar Sunflower' gets near 80% efficiency - Looks like a repurposed radio telescope

08/30/2015 - 15:00

Sebastian Anthony


High on a hill was a lonely sunflower. Not a normal sunflower, mind you; that would hardly be very notable. This sunflower is a solar sunflower that combines both photovoltaic solar power and concentrated solar thermal power in one neat, aesthetic package that has a massive total efficiency of around 80 percent.

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