A couple more solar concentrator endeavors.

[skids]

These Aussies just got their first retail order on their concentrator system:



http://www.greenandgoldenergy.com.au/

And Daystar, the CIGS manufacturer, has a microoptics sheet capable of 10 suns concentration for flat-panels -- see bottom of this article.

http://www.carbonfree.co.uk/cf/news/wk42-0001.htm

...or their site...

http://www.daystartech.com/concentrator.cfm

[phantom power]

1. Am I missing something, or was that built out of a dog bowl and...

an old glass lamp shade?

[benburch]

2. Looks like that for sure.

If you read their site, they expect a domestic installation to cost A$ 10,000.

[phantom power]

3. Aha, it's also much larger than I thought.

Maybe a dog bowl for Clifford the Big Red Dog.

[MADem]

4. My eyes saw the same thing!

I wondered if it wasn't some funky fashion trend, to make something that looks like crap, kinda like the shabby chic phase!

Then I thought, naaaa...how long could you sell that notion?

[skids]

5. LOL. Yeah, for a really big dog.

The photo is the prototype with the fresnel lenses off.

(On EDIT: but if you specifically want one built out of a dog bowl and an old lampshade I could probably swing it :-) )

[DRoseDARs]

6. My architecture instructors are going to die when they see this...

They'll both probably want to buy one. :) :thumbsup:

It'd make a great conversational piece for the various classes.