Time Is Energy

I thought today (Blog Action Day 2009) would be a good day to post a couple snapshots of my prototype solar panel. Getting these made was my "summer project", which morphed into the full-on launching of my new company 3D Solar Inc.

For anyone new to the site, these patent pending panels incorporate a mirror with each row of solar cells forming a V-shape pair. This is easiest to see in the top picture, where the mirror is on the left and the row of cells on the right (pattern repeats)--if you look at the bottom of the picture you can see the V. The reason this is/should be "interesting": because the mirror puts more light on the cells, you get more power from each cell, so you need fewer cells per panel, leading to less expensive panels.

I have sent the prototype to an independent testing lab where they will measure the performance of the solar panel and report back.