Solar trackers
Submitted by Greg on Tue, 10/13/2009 - 09:33
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According to conventional wisdom, tracking the sun with solar panels took more energy than was gained by optimizing the angle to the sun -- or so I thought. Meca Solar is selling solar trackers that they claim offer a 35% increase in yield over fixed installations.
Neat!
- Greg
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