Jetstream - Concentrating Solar Energy Technology
From Concentrating Solar Energy
Concentrating solar technologies typically use lenses or mirrors to concentrate sunlight to create significantly more heat and/or radiation that can be used in variety of applications.
Details
Jetstream Utilizes Concentrating Photovoltaic Technology for Electric Generation
Concentrating Photovoltaic Technology differs considerably from traditional “non-concentrating” technologies such as those found in photovoltaic panels. Those panels utilize only the direct amount (one (1) sun) of energy at a given location. Jetstream’s proprietary parabolic solar collector makes it is possible to focus the sunlight to intensities of 800 to 1200 times those of normal sunlight. A concentrating photovoltaic system uses a dense array of high-efficiency solar cells. These solar cells are typically more expensive than conventional cells used for flat-plate photovoltaic systems. However, the concentration decreases the required cell area while also increasing the cell efficiency.
Concentrating photovoltaic technology offers the following advantages:
- Solar cell efficiencies are greater than 40%, with the possibility for even higher efficiencies
- No moving parts
- No intervening heat transfer surface
- Near-ambient temperature operation
- No thermal mass; fast response
- Reduction in costs of cells relative to optics
- Scalable to a range of sizes.
Jetstream’s CPV systems are highly cost effective systems combining a reasonably simple, reliable, low maintenance solar collector with extremely efficient dense array modules. With rapid manufacturing and implementation, and even portability, the company is able to generate electricity or in the case of NewGen™, sell alternative energy generation equipment at prices that are highly competitive.
Jetstream Utilizes Concentrating Solar Technologies for Water Treatment and the Creation of Hydrogen
With a few alterations to the basic solar thermal platform, and the addition of advanced optics and specialized proprietary modules, Jetstream is able to harness energy from the sun in ways that allow its equipment to desalinate and treat water and create hydrogen. Through the use of the optics and adjustable focal points, the systems use varying temperatures to activate the varying technologies. Many critical industrial processes are costly primarily because of the energy and environmental costs that are imbedded in those processes. Jetstream has the ability to replace much of that cost with clean “free” solar energy.
Customer reviews
No reviews were found for Jetstream - Concentrating Solar Energy Technology. Be the first to review!