PhotovoltaPhotovoltaic ic

ApplicatioApplications & ns &

FormatsFormatsThinking Outside Thinking Outside

the Rectangle the Rectangle

Ted Walker

Tubes For Commercial Tubes For Commercial ApplicationsApplications

Lower Installation Costs Installed using lighter weight hardware due to lower wind resistance Does not need to be tilted and directed to the sun

Tubular Tubular PhotovoltaicPhotovoltaicAbility to capture Ability to capture sunlight across a sunlight across a 360-degree surface360-degree surface Direct Direct DiffuseDiffuse ReflectedReflected

Currently being sold by Solyndra

Each cylinder is one inch in diameter and made up of two tubes. Solyndra uses equipment it has developed to deposit up to 150 CIGS cells on the outside of the inner tube. A proprietary light concentrating coupler is added on top of the CIGS cell.

Solyndra Installation Process CIGS – (copper, indium, gallium, diselenide) photovoltaic printed on glass tube 14% Efficiency

http://www.solyndra.com/Products/Videos

Tubular design can cover nearly Tubular design can cover nearly double the roof space, producing double the roof space, producing

more annual electricity. more annual electricity.

Currently only being marketed for commercial rooftops. U.S. has 30 billion square feet of commercial rooftop Could create up to 150 Gigawatts annually

40 cylinders lay side by side in a rectangular frame to form each 1-meter-by-2-meter panel

Photovoltaic RoofingPhotovoltaic Roofing

each shingle produces each shingle produces 17 watts on a clear 17 watts on a clear afternoonafternoon

Lightweight & FlexibleLightweight & Flexible Virtually Unbreakable Virtually Unbreakable

(No Glass)(No Glass) Shadow & High Heat Shadow & High Heat

TolerantTolerant Thin Film PhotovoltaicThin Film Photovoltaic Amorphous Silicon Amorphous Silicon

AlloyAlloy

Thickness can be 100 times less than that of conventional cells Deposited using a vapor-deposition process at low temperatures Materials with different light absorption properties can be deposited continuously, one on top of another, to capture the broad solar spectrum more effectively

Photovoltaic Gets CreativePhotovoltaic Gets Creative

Solar Solar Powered Powered CamelCamel

Solar powered fridge on Solar powered fridge on the camel’s back used the camel’s back used

t0 deliver vaccines and t0 deliver vaccines and medicinesmedicines

Bonsai Tree solar charger design concept by Vivien Muller

Arctic TransporterArctic Transporter

Amazingly powerful Amazingly powerful plaque removalplaque removal

Solar WiiSolar Wii

Odysseus – unmanned, spy wing that flies continuously for up to 5 years in the stratosphere on solar power alone

Photovoltaics Photovoltaics – Function & – Function & AestheticsAesthetics Naturally Inspired Naturally Inspired DesignDesign

The Solar TreeThe Solar Tree Installations in Installations in Vienna, Frankfurt, Vienna, Frankfurt, and Milanand Milan

Designed By Ross Designed By Ross LovegroveLovegrove

Incorporates 38 mini Incorporates 38 mini solar panels connected solar panels connected to individual LED lampsto individual LED lamps

While tested in While tested in Vienna the solar trees Vienna the solar trees were able to provide were able to provide

light during the night-light during the night-time even when the time even when the

sun did not appear for sun did not appear for as many as four days as many as four days

in a rowin a row Street lighting Street lighting

consumed 10 percent consumed 10 percent of all the electricity of all the electricity

used in Europe in 2006 used in Europe in 2006 or 2,000 billion KWh, or 2,000 billion KWh,

and resulted in carbon and resulted in carbon emissions of 2,900 emissions of 2,900

million tonmillion ton

The Solar TreeThe Solar Tree

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