It IS possible: Silex Systems have commissioned their 1.5 MW concentrated solar project at Mildura. It consists of 40 dishes of mirrors which concentrate the sun’s energy by 500 times onto solar PV cells developed for satellites. These are more than twice as efficient at converting sunlight into electricity than the best conventional rooftop solar panels (thanks Chris Mardon for this and BTW, the image is of the Spanish concentrated solar thermal plant):
Posted on: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 09:12:02 +0000