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US20120325975 Hybrid Assembly Equipped with At Least One Solar Panel  
A spacecraft comprises a hybrid assembly equipped with at least one solar panel characterized in that said assembly comprises at least one solar cell provided with luminous energy concentration...
US20060249198 Photovoltaic power generating unit having radiating fins  
A photovoltaic power generating unit is disclosed. The photovoltaic power generating unit includes a plurality of solar cells, a concentrating lens for concentrating sun light on the solar cell,...
US20100263710 SINGLE-AXIS SOLAR TRACKER  
The invention relates to a single-axis solar tracker formed by a support structure (2) which is supported in a rotating assembly with respect to a vertical axis on a base (7), a bearing structure...
US20120085389 LIGHT CONCENTRATOR ASSEMBLY AND SOLAR CELL APPARATUS HAVING SAME  
A light concentrator assembly includes a Fresnel lens, a plano-concave lens, and a CPC. The CPC is aligned with the Fresnel lens and the plano-concave lens. The Fresnel lens unit is configured for...
US20080135086 Photovoltaic cells, modules and methods of making same  
A photovoltaic cell has electrodes, p- and n-junctions, and a heat sink. The heat sink is on a side of the cell opposite to the light-receiving side of the photovoltaic cell. The photovoltaic cell...
US20130068283 METHOD OF ADAPTIVE SOLAR TRACKING USING VARIABLE STEP SIZE  
A method for controlling a photovoltaic (PV) panel in a PV system including a computing device that provides motor control signals and implements an iterative adaptive control (IAC) algorithm for...
US20090064994 Concentrating solar collector  
A concentrating solar collector comprises concentrating solar collector modules mounted on a frame. Each concentrating solar collector module comprises a trough with a lens sheet over its open...
US20110100419 Linear Concentrating Solar Collector With Decentered Trough-Type Relectors  
A linear concentrating solar collector includes two trough-type reflectors having respective curved reflective surfaces that define respective focal lines, and are connected along a common edge in...
US20110048500 PHOTOVOLTAIC CONCENTRATION MODULE AND DEVICE  
The invention relates to a photovoltaic concentration module and device. The device includes: a primary lens (10) configured to concentrate incident solar radiation and to generate a first...
US20120174961 ARC FAULT MITIGATION FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS  
Systems, methods, and devices are presented for mitigating arc fault events in a photovoltaic system. An aspect of this disclosure is directed to a photovoltaic system for generating electrical...
US20080135087 Thin solar concentrator  
The present invention is an electro-optical system for collecting solar energy and converting it into electrical energy. It is an enclosed concentrator that will last long in harsh environment. It...
US20060185713 Solar panels with liquid superconcentrators exhibiting wide fields of view  
Solar panel system and apparatus wherein the panels are configured with liquid superconcentrators having outwardly disposed liquid imaging lenses of wide field of view performing with a sparse...
US20100193010 REFLECTOR AND SYSTEM FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER GENERATION  
A reflector for photovoltaic power generation is characterized by the use of a color coating on the surface of the reflector material which is stable to ultraviolet light. The reflector includes a...
US20100193009 REFLECTOR AND SYSTEM FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER GENERATION  
A reflector for photovoltaic power generation is characterized by the use of a color coating on the surface of the reflector material which is stable to ultraviolet light. The reflector includes a...
US20110186106 HYBRID CONCENTRATOR SOLAR ENERGY DEVICE  
An apparatus for generating electricity with the ability to distill a liquid and/or expand a working fluid and/or produce mechanical energy and/or produce thermal energy and/or produce chemical...
US20110011444 BACKSKIN MATERIAL FOR SOLAR ENERGY MODULES  
A solar energy module includes one or more solar cells, each having a front side for receiving light and an opposite back side. An encapsulant material covers at least the front side of each of the...
US20070295384 Light converging-type solar photovoltaic apparatus  
The present invention provides a light converging-type solar photovoltaic apparatus having: a case having: a bottom member; a peripheral member; and an upper member so as to form a space in the...
US20130037083 SOLAR CELL MODULE  
A solar cell module is discussed. The solar cell module includes: a front substrate; a rear substrate facing the front substrate; and a plurality of solar cells disposed between the front substrate...
US20090126776 Radiation Concentrating Device  
A radiation concentrating device, comprising a substantially parabolic mirror, which is adapted to reflect the energy radiation or electromagnetic radiation that reaches it so as to converge toward...
US20060054212 Solar photovoltaic mirror modules  
A planar concentrator solar power module has a planar base, an aligned array of linear photovoltaic cell circuits on the base and an array of linear Fresnel lenses or linear mirrors for directing...
US20080264469 Solar power unit with integrated primary structure  
A solar power unit which uses at least two mirrors to focus light onto a solar receiver assembly is disclosed. A primary structure for the solar power unit comprises a primary mirror and supporting...
US20110017265 Photovoltaic module with conductive cooling and enhanced reflection  
A thermally conductive material is provided adjacent to or close to the active light-absorbing surface in silicon PV modules made with x-Si or p-Si cells or in thin film PV modules. The material is...
US20110247680 PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM FOR AN ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE  
This invention relates to a photovoltaic system for electronic appliance. The photovoltaic system comprises an energy concentrator having an outer layer (201) and an inner layer (202), the outer...
US20130056991 Sustainable Power Supply Unit For ISO Containers  
A sustainable power supply unit for ISO containers that includes photo voltaic solar panels that produce electric power allowing standardized mounting and attachment on top of ISO containers. The...
US20080210292 Stationary Photovoltaic Module With Low Concentration Ratio of Solar Radiation  
Stationary photovoltaic module with low concentration of solar radiation that consists of sequentially interchanged rows of truncated compound parabolic concentrating (CPC) mirrors 14 and active...
US20090301545 Solar Concentrator Backpan  
The present invention is a contoured backpan for a solar concentrator array. The backpan has depressions integrally formed in its bottom surface for seating solar concentrator modules. The...
US20060107992 Solar power plant  
The solar power plant contains the radiation concentrator fitted with a drive, the system of Sun tracking with a control unit, and a fixedly attached radiation detector, and the drive is made with...
US20120145219 CORROSION RESISTANT SOLAR MIRROR  
A reflective article includes a transparent substrate having a first major surface and a second major surface. A base coat is formed over at least a portion of the second major surface. A primary...
US20130118099 HIGH EFFICIENCY CONTERBALANCED DUAL AXIS SOLAR TRACKING ARRAY FRAME SYSTEM  
A high efficiency, environmentally friendly system comprising a plurality of photovoltaic solar collecting panels (PV panels) is disclosed. The system comprises an outer frame to which a plurality...
US20110073161 HIGH EFFICIENCY COUNTERBALANCED DUAL AXIS SOLAR TRACKING ARRAY FRAME SYSTEM  
A high efficiency, environmentally friendly system comprising a plurality of photovoltaic solar collecting panels (PV panels) is disclosed. The system comprises an outer frame to which a plurality...
US20110017272 TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATE COMPRISING AN ANTIREFLECTION COATING  
The subject of the invention is a transparent substrate (6) having at least one antireflection coating, made from a film (A) comprising multiple thin layers of alternately high and low refractive...
US20100018569 Solar Energy Harvesting Apparatus  
There is provided solar energy harvesting apparatus (20) including a clear polycarbonate body (21) including a transparent front face (23) and supporting a thermal absorber (27) adapted to absorb...
US20120132254 SOLAR TRACKER DEVICE  
A solar tracker device based on a mechanical technique adapted to synchronously rotate mounted solar panels or mirrors along their approximate main axis, in one or two directions. The device...
US20090101195 MINI-TRUSS THIN-SHEET PANEL ASSEMBLY  
A mini-truss thin-sheet panel assembly. In one embodiment, a substantially rigid thin-sheet panel assembly having a non-rigid thin-sheet component includes the thin-sheet component which has...
US20080087321 PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY FOR CONCENTRATED SOLAR ENERGY GENERATOR  
An extensive photovoltaic array for generating electric power from concentrated solar radiation, formed of an extensive planar structural grid wherein a multitude of power generating modules are...
US20120118351 SOLAR ELECTRICITY GENERATION SYSTEM  
A solar electricity generator including an array of photovoltaic power generating elements, and a single continuous smooth solar reflecting surface, the surface being arranged to reflect light from...
US20090032087 Manufacturing processes for light concentrating solar module  
Solar module manufacturing methods for manufacturing a light concentrating solar module including photovoltaic (PV) cells. The method includes applying an interconnect material to a flexible...
US20120266941 SOLAR POWER GENERATION APPARATUS  
A solar power generation apparatus includes a solar cell panel body formed in a tube shape, and a reflection plate installed such that reflected light is incident to the solar cell panel body,...
US20110100424 TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATE WITH ANTI-REFLECTION COATING  
The subject of the invention is a transparent substrate (6), especially glass substrate, comprising an antireflection coating on at least one of its faces, which is made of a multilayer (A) of thin...
US20080251112 CONCENTRATING PHOTOVOLTAIC KALEIDOSCOPE AND METHOD  
A concentrating photovoltaic collection system includes a concentrator that focuses light from a source on a focal point, and a photovoltaic box collector at approximately the focal point of the...
US20100089434 Efficient Air-Cooled Solar Photovoltaic Modules and Collectors for High Power Applications  
A solar photovoltaic module is formed from a single linear, series-connected arrangement of solar cells on a linear mounting assembly or substrate that provides high heat dissipation from the...
US20100212717 Solar collector with optical waveguide  
A solar energy collection system includes a first photovoltaic cell sensitive to radiation in a first wavelength range, a second photovoltaic cell sensitive to radiation in a second wavelength...
US20050103374 Solar power collection with near infrared wideband reflector coating  
A near infrared (NIR) wideband reflector coating designed to start reflecting solar energy wavelengths from at least 1.2 microns in a typical geosynchronous earth orbit or medium earth orbit...
US20050121071 Multifocal light concentrator for a device for the conversion of radiation, and in particular for the conversion of solar radiation into electrical, thermal or chemical energy  
A light concentrator is described, for a device for the conversion of solar radiation into electrical, thermal or chemical energy, capable of conveying the radiation towards a surface of the...
US20080149162 Spectral Splitting-Based Radiation Concentration Photovoltaic System  
A spectral splitting-based radiation concentration photovoltaic system is described, comprising one or more spectral splitting reflector elements, a photovoltaic concentrator, and a photovoltaic...
US20090025778 SHADING PROTECTION FOR SOLAR CELLS AND SOLAR CELL MODULES  
In accordance with one aspect of the invention, there is provided a shading protected solar cell apparatus for use in a solar cell system. The apparatus includes a solar cell having a front side...
US20090277494 SOLAR CONCENTRATORS  
Light collectors for use in building-integrated solar concentrators comprise waveguiding components incorporating spaced-apart light collecting elements arranged to collect light from a plurality...
US20110011442 Insulating Device of Concentration Photovoltaic Heat Sink  
A heat sink has a number of fixing frames. The fixing frames are soldered with of solar cell devices. And, the fixing frames are defined with insulating ink. Hence, the fixing frames can be used...
US20070089776 Solar energy assembly for portable electronic device  
An exemplary solar energy assembly includes a body (10), a solar energy collecting component (20), and a lens module (30). The lens module is movably mounted to the body and is configured for...
US20130068281 Offset light concentrating  
Offset light concentrating is disclosed. An example method includes providing a parabolic optic having an offset reflective surface for incident light. The method also includes offsetting a...