PARC: From inkjets to Solar PV...new, concentrated solar PV system
Margot Gerritsen, Podtech [video & audio], August 20 & 21, 2007
Excerpts from the posts:
Scott Elrod, manager of the hardware systems group at the Palo Alto Research Center. PARC, under the creative and enthusiastic leadership of Elrod, has ventured into the clean technology area. Recently, PARC worked together with the start-up SolFocus on the development of a new type of solar PV system, which is as effective as existing solar PV technology but requires a much smaller volume of silicon per unit area.
...new concentrated solar PV system designed at PARC with Solfocus, a start-up incubated at PARC. It's a clever device that is designed to reduce the amount of silicon needed in PV systems per Watt produced.
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