Technologies that will take solar energy to a new level

The solar energy revolution is happening right before our eyes. The successful transmission of solar energy from space to earth is demonstrating new possibilities for the use of solar power. The world's first train powered by solar panels has been created. In this video, we will discuss this and many other exciting advancements in solar energy, including a new contactless method for cleaning solar panels that could increase the efficiency of solar energy use in homes and buildings.
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[@ThomasLeonard454]

If you have noticed all articles like this are proposal's which will take minimum of 5 to 15 years to make the retail market.

[@harrydebastardeharris987]

Whatever critics of Solar think and opine without up to date info.Alternative Energy doesn’t stop progressing,every year new solutions are realised.Whereas Fossil Fuels do not progress,all they do is stagnate and pollute.

[@gabrielsatter]

I realize this isn't specifically about the infrastructure requirements to get solar rolling, but having solar solve our energy is full stop dead without massive upgades to the grid and storage.

[@4Everlast]

People are unrealistic, we got nothing better then nuclear, but they're turning those off and re-starting coal plants, you know what they keep finding in chem trails? Coal plant waste. And no, it's no myth, it's a platform for implementation of weather controlling technology in use for 50+ years, in the last 20 years especially. Germany admitted helping the US chem trail their way out of "climate crisis", but what is sold to us as climate crisis is chem trail side effect of occasional weather not characteristic for that particular area, nothing more. Besides having ever increasing respiratory issues reported around the world since the started chem trailing, increase of skin and lung cancer, increase of acidity(do to metals) of anything from the oceans, the soil, the air, our bodies and food of course, by default. And with soil acidity you get more dead trees, that are again the exact reason we have so many fires every year do to dead, dry trees. WATCH The Dimming, on you tube if you find the time, it's the most important agenda pulled on us above all others, proven right once again.

[@Michel_Muster]

The only interesting stuff was the idea of price tags adjusting to best before. The rest is just the same shit I saw 10 years ago.

[@whereswaldo5740]

They are not even discussing the need for the necessity of having at least 60% back up reserve power to be able to come on line. Say when the sun comes up and everyone is getting ready to work and school and then running the machinery and those buildings lights heaters computers etc. the best they can do is 20%. And they want you all driving electric vehicles.

[@dimitristripakis7364]

@@whereswaldo5740 I always thought the problem was when everyone gets back home in the evening. And also what about rainy days or north/south latitudes

[@joeyd.staats9546]

Don't we all have like 5 separate power grids across America? Wouldn't the changes be at the company level? In Texas the power comes from ERCOT. They can't even keep up with the demand requirements abd are constantly having brown outs. All these great ideas but likely they can only be implemented at the personal level and even as a home owner,I find a solution, it's illegal for me to get off the grid. I think that's the main reason this issue is stagnated.

[@blackcoffeeandbooks8884]

This is great! Thank you for the video! There are even better things on the horizon, and future looks incredible if one knows where to look! 👌

[@kab334]

Look at Aptera.

[@Tagraff]

For dirt repeal -- instead of having it a rail that guide over it by removing dirts -- just create a PART of the base underneath the solar panel -- and it'll push that dirt right off, from the underneath.

[@Linkolite]

My brain also immediately wanted them to push the dust instead of pulling it. I could see the wind just blowing it right back off the magnet if the wind is strong enough.

[@thomasjameson5761]

@@LinkoliteI have a feeling pushing the debris off could potentially ding the panels, creating micro scratches that end up collecting more debris thereby reducing efficiency of the panels to a greater extent

[@orlandonelthorpe9027]

4:23 - I think that should read 'New South WALES' (in Australia). At 4:25 there's a birds-eye view of a roof, and at ground level there's an Australian post office - the logo is a giveaway.

[@mozymaz2236]

I am not a typically skeptic person, but a satellite that can shoot microwaves at earth seems like it could be used nefariously?

[@Stacy_Smith]

MAUI

[@jichaelmorgan3796]

It can fry a lot of birds

[@whereswaldo5740]

My son worked on a huge solar farm in Texas. Got done and went to California for a time. Traveling back through a couple years later he was confounded it was gone! Called a buddy that still lived in Texas to ask what happened. He told him a tornado went through and tore it all up. What did they do. They bulldozed it all under. So green. So so green. Can’t wait til a tornado rips through a windmill farm.

[@glasses2400]

I thought it was gone because thief

[@pratikkar6578]

hey you pointed out a very weakness of this project. Thats quite practical.

[@cattigereyes1]

Good old space weaponization! Micro waves can cook an area it’s directed at!

[@chimmochi2354]

Great job , congratulations

[@DavidJohnson-yg8qm]

You will change to solar we say so. You will be part of the collective.

[@davidforbes3855]

"Resistance is useless!!"

[@michaeld5888]

The problem is endless breakthroughs, tight deadlines, but so little discernable progress and nothing but confusion on what to use especially without a lot of money to spare for what is available.

[@stylianosisaakidis3565]

today solar panels are almost twice as efficient as they were 15 years ago, and price per watt is much less than half of what it was...in my book that is progress !!

[@AnalystPrime]

The problem is that some people don't Google it, or don't look at the date if they do, and still claim that a solar panel is $1000 and produces maybe 10W, and the sun might go out at random any moment- not "panels produce less if it is cloudy so the power company needs to check the weather report", some people apparently haven't heard of clocks and assume that night can happen at any time without warning and last for weeks... Anyways, every now and then someone asks how much solar costs and it gets weird how among the answers quoting recent prices from Tesla and other such producers there is usually that one guy who talks about less than 10% efficient and $10+ per watt panels when modern rooftop installation at home is considered expensive at $5/W when including cost of work and all the other electronics.

[@Sienisota]

Solar panels have been in use in sailboats for nearly 30 years. About every few years, the efficiency has doubled. If you live near water, I would recommend solar panels, as light is reflected from water, improving the results (the reason why you get sunburnt more easily near/at oceans and lakes). If you live in flat area without hurricanes, I would recommend wind (even areas where temperatures go below zero, you simply need a specialised turbine). If you live in an area where the climate has a lot of temperature fluctuations between seasons, geothermal is your friend. Renewable energy isn't one size fits all. You need to think where you live, and what you use it for (heating and AC take a lot if you don't use geothermal). Also, are you moving often, do you live in a farm, do you live in an apartment, do you live in a trailer house, do you live near rivers, do you live near a desert or a lake. It's not so much that the abilities of these technologies change completely. It's that you need to choose one that fits both your lifestyle, climate and geographical location, to get out the best results. Some solar panel companies offer reduced prices to replace your panels to newer ones. Solar does have the benefit that you can uproot the panels and take them with you if you move house (if you have the knowhow, you can do it by yourself). Look into weaknesses and streghts of the area you live in, and choose the technologies that benefit the most from your living conditions. Also, the technology that has been on the market for few years, is usually more reliable: If it hit the market just this year, wait and see if its any good. Check the sources of your information: A wind tech company might disparage sun technology and vice versa, if they both offer products in your area. Companies that offer both, will be more honest about the individual weaknesses (but may disparage other technology that they don't sell).

[@yasirrakhurrafat1142]

@@AnalystPrime plus you get government grants for doing such. You install solar and you can get price offed off the panel's cost or even gain some money.

[@brettcarroll4676]

This was the plot to The Man With The Golden Gun.

[@jandijkvan1744]

Nice video. But Lightyear has been declared bankrupt.

[@alexhormann8931]

Never heard of a train running by 6kWh. That's just to good to be true 😁

[@faillordxd0]

6kW is the energieproduction for a single panel not for the entire train. Trainengins seem to have around 1-2MW +. Enough solar panels to move it but you wont be going fast.

[@tepidtuna7450]

Being made in 1949, that train would be very heavy. Get the weight down somehow and it could operate at a higher speed and put more into the grid. Would need a new chassis and cabin made from modern materials. Carry over the wheels, motors, and electronics. Beyond the probable budget I think.

[@frankmollegaard1989]

the panels aren't used to power the train. They are used to power the small bar fridges in the sleep over cabins. Huge savings. Cost to power one bar fridge for a year $2. Cost to install one solar panel on train $5000. Shouldn't take long to break even.

[@stevenharris2064]

No kidding. 6k would barely run my ac.

[@koankharisma211]

But i must say thankyou this video was very informative for me besides the car part i love peroskvite psc flexible solar part & beta a sphere is what i came here for i new that thing looked cool & i love its practical use suscribed to you asap because its like all the other channels kept saying the same thing for me with lil to no real innovation being reviewed this was refreshing thanks for pointing ne towarfs pcs solar that's stuffs great thr future has bin here all along but now its obvious were in it & everything is getting much more readily available gotta love it!🎉

[@madhugj8645]

we installed Waaree Solar. good performance.

[@TheVonWeasel]

to solve the inverted window problem, just add another lens after the solar panel to flip it again for the human vision.

[@user-ol9ts6sn1b]

For the glass ball concentrater, the square PC van replace with a strip of PV or thermal module with high absorption pigment coated good enough thermal conductor formed strip, hence, to reduce the moving part to only one single moving part. Glass ball or other optical component shapes of desire could be replace with any material that can be pumped into sphere with less heavy liquid for load reduction. In addition with a fiber optic or other waveguides or aluminum reflector tunnels, can also aid for natural lighting inside of houses.

[@user-hh6ex9md4w]

Thank you for sharing your thoughts! I completely agree with your ideas on improving the glass ball concentrator. It's exciting to see the advancements in solar energy technologies. By incorporating materials like PV or thermal modules with high absorption pigment coating and reducing moving parts, we can indeed take solar energy to a whole new level. The possibilities are endless, and it's great to see innovations like this being explored.

[@kab334]

Aptera with a range per charge options of 250 - 1000 miles and can charge and run 40 miles per day ( 365x40=14,600 miles per year) on its own solar power. The technology is so advanced that the Apera's total wind drag is equivalent to that of a truck's mirror. Which also makes more aerodynamic than the best Tesla. Additionally, the solar pannels will run at 90+ percent even while completely cracked. Aptera also uses a 4 part modular design that allows for simple, near do-it-yourself swap-outs of the battery module. Which allows for easy battery upgrades as battery technology improves. You don't have to get a new car to get longer-range, more echo-friendly, more efficient batteries as they come into the market. You simply take it to Aptera and they swap it out. The modular design also allows for the same easy swap-out of the solar panels as panel technology improves.

[@briangerrits1454]

The Aptera is a hidden gem. It will eliminate the need for electricity or gas for some commuters. The designers are doing a fantastic job in designing it. It should be getting much more press attention.

[@baldassarealessi1007]

Thank you video interesting.

[@petermontgomery85]

Solar, good only if you live in a country that has high percentage of sun. Otherwise those that have little sun on average would have to buy electricity from those that do. So, alternatives are necessary and need to be researched. Thorium would be a good alternative.

[@zeddskylair3216]

Will you please enlighten me with its use, good sir?

[@patsquach4080]

… it all comes down to ….. battery power and storage capacity / size ….

[@Sienisota]

Yep. This is why you should invest in several technologies simultaneously: Using the one that gives you energy the moment you need it, eliminating the need to storage. Old, "one big powerplant per town"- systems won't work. Instead it's several small ones all around, using different technologies in the same grid.

[@4Everlast]

People are unrealistic, we got nothing better then nuclear, but they're turning those off and re-starting coal plants, you know what they keep finding in chem trails? Coal plant waste. And no, it's no myth, it's a platform for implementation of weather controlling technology in use for 50+ years, in the last 20 years especially. Germany admitted helping the US chem trail their way out of "climate crisis", but what is sold to us as climate crisis is chem trail side effect of occasional weather not characteristic for that particular area, nothing more. Besides having ever increasing respiratory issues reported around the world since the started chem trailing, increase of skin and lung cancer, increase of acidity(do to metals) of anything from the oceans, the soil, the air, our bodies and food of course, by default. And with soil acidity you get more dead trees, that are again the exact reason we have so many fires every year do to dead, dry trees. WATCH The Dimming, on you tube if you find the time, it's the most important agenda pulled on us above all others, proven right once again.

[@MrJBA79]

Jesus... is this 6 year old news today? Man, if I wanted 6 year old news I'd clean out my bird-cage.

[@Blink.BlinkTv]

Nice work

[@Seattle.]

Thats the reason why our planet is more hotter

[@freeinghumanitynow]

I don't understand why they're not looking into using earth energy. The planet itself is a huge battery that can be tapped sustainably and very inexpensively.

[@kacperciepa6717]

Thanks for mentioning Poland.

[@danielpiesto532]

Yup! Been to Żabka yesterday. Although the perovskite price tags are only in automatic Żabka nano for now.

[@vlodek-193]

Ale tu był chyba pokazany sklep na Orlenie, ciekawa sprawa z tymi cenowymi tagami, muszę to sprawdzić osobiście! Pozdrawiam!🙋‍♂️

[@gabrielsatter]

Solshare is the only concept that gets close, but it obviously misses the price point mark by a mile.

[@geoffwright9570]

It all sounds so wonderfully easy but what about when solar panels need replacing? What happens to the old ones. Can they be recycled? Questions that the answers are slow in coming.

[@williamwilson6499]

Dumb people have a problem with that question, but the answers are easily found. Ask a smart person how to go about it.

[@stylianosisaakidis3565]

they can be recycled, but think also about what end of life for a solar panel means...after about 20-30 years their efficiency will be down by about 15-30 percent...still very usable output in my book...

[@RILEYLEIFSON_UTAH]

Yeah, too easy. Like the apartment complex in the video. WHO exactly pays for the solar panels, converters and workers to install all of them? Sure..."Their power bill is 50% less"... But WHERE does the money to do it come from??

[@GulfCoast98]

@@RILEYLEIFSON_UTAH Very often, the Installer shares in the value of the power output, and sells it back to the building's occupants or the grid. Everyone benefits.

[@lawrie3448]

All the big companies are all over - there’s cash to be made so they are all doing research . My son is working on re purposing carbon fibre ! Shh don’t tell the Chinese !

[@peteroffpist1621]

Normally a thin layer of dust or even pollen only reduces efficiency 1-2%. I have 2 solar installations since 15 years and I never clean them here in Sweden. But covered with sand or snow is a different matter.

[@anderander5662]

In the American southwest it's a big problem because dust storms are frequent

[@bendover-bz4bc]

How much capacity has reduced since you bought them? I heard that solar panels capacity decreases every year.

[@vthilton]

Save Our Planet Now

[@cypherglitch]

4:25 lol the image is not wales thats victoria, australia. I think he meant to say Australia

[@screamingbirdheart]

The car company already went broke.

[@NeonLightedDreams]

Must've went woke

[@williamwilson6499]

@@NeonLightedDreams The refrain of the very stupid.

[@ryanhasmanners9997]

@@NeonLightedDreamswdym went woke

[@world-karma9127]

​@@ryanhasmanners9997 like bud did

[@world-karma9127]

​@@ryanhasmanners9997 like bud did

[@JonMidori]

"Production and Application are looking good. Lets go check on Storage development." "Where are all the storage RnD people?" "What do you mean they are all in production and application?"

[@litestuffllc7249]

Hey Mr Seppe; maybe. There is a problem with rail. Most designs can't stop fast; so you need miles between trains. A Highway currently carries about 2000 people per mile per lane; they could do 4x that good easily by mass carpooling. It is very diffcult for any sort of train design to carry 2000 people per mile of track. Trains also are not very independently tragetable - you have to stop at a stop in close to where you want to go and walk - in very high density cities that isn't too bad; in spread out cities it is totally unworkable.

[@VGAstudent]

Perovskite solar panels put into the backs of curtains and set to recharge the household phones off of a capacitor? That's a cool idea!

[@Jkauppa]

hey, try floating wavt wind turbine on a pipe axle to ground generator (both solar and wind large balloon collector, similar to a heat pump field but in a simple hot air plastic balloon, feed starter hot air up the pipe, have a second pipe to extract cold/hot air down), you get the idea, can use even a car charger as the pipe axle down generator, 4-point tether if you want the balloon to stay absolutely upright and not wonder around, public domain no restrictions no royalties no obligations anyone can use

[@pepperman9]

How eco friendly are cobalt, lithium or the rest of the material mined for batteries to run these "solar" vehicles? the line at the end made me chuckle, "By 2050, humanity will have to switch to green energy". Lol, Why?

[@stylianosisaakidis3565]

there is no green-house effect...or is there ?!?! that's why !

[@uturniaphobic]

the smart guy is gonna figure out how to use CO2 as a car fuel and destroy it in the process. Then they'll need to find a new boogie man.

[@drappointment4509]

Read up on the science behind CO2 and how it traps the sun's energy. Just look at Venus...not our responsibility to educate your ignorance.

[@michealfreeman9714]

Is the point of green energy is to have energy sources that don't damage or pollute the environment. That's why we're trying to find safer and better ways to make batteries.

[@MarkOfBitcoin]

​@@michealfreeman9714 CO2 is not a polutant. Its plant food.

[@lostpianist]

Had the lensing idea 10 years ago, probably should have done something about it, oh well.

[@leagleye]

Norway has used electric trains for decades. We use 90% hydro electric energy for our power supply.

[@tinkernaut8736]

We're slowly catching up with the technology of the past..

[@Soothsayer210]

Amazing you talked about the solar car Light Year-1 but never spoke about Aptera Solar Electric car which is closer to production and is the most efficient of them all.

[@drakemia4079]

Aptera is actually considered a motorcycle I think.

[@Soothsayer210]

@@drakemia4079 i believe it is classified as an Autocycle. Which is why you don't need a helmet to ride that.

[@drakemia4079]

@@Soothsayer210 thanks for clearing that up.

[@Stacy_Smith]

PRAM worked great in Maui.

[@hectorheslop9397]

Solar panels from space ; Hoo Rah !!! , for clean electricity .

[@Win100n]

This is already an achievement with 500 liters of water to focus the sunlight on a single solar cell.

[@solarsynapse]

I invented electronic price tags over 20 years ago, but they had a tiny battery. This is a good improvement.

[@loboalamo]

Why don’t they think ahead of all the possibilities one solar power panel can be effective in its daily *environment* and what it requires to store the power it accumulates and HOW the affects will IMPACT OUR *environment?*

[@bigedslobotomy]

This video reminds me of the old magazines Popular Science and Popular Mechanics, which touted “technology that will change the world.” It was fascinating, but of course, most of those inventions and ideas never made it off of the drawing board. That’s the problem with these inventions and ideas. Many will not make it off the drawing board, because they might have drawbacks not yet discovered. They may be too expensive to produce. They may not be able to be made through mass production. They may have environmental impacts from production that would cause the EPA to shut them down. They may not find the right amount of financing. They may not have the right kind of promotion to make it appealing to people. They may be superseded by newer technologies before they reach production. They may find the producing company being mismanaged (either through incompetence or greed). There are SO many hurdles that a technology has to pass before it becomes successful. Even then, random world events can stop them (such as a country that has one of the critical components decides to price itself out of the market, or they close their borders entirely.)

[@AbdulHafeez-cq6oo]

GOOD

[@nicholasklangos9704]

The peroscvite POV solar news is promising, I know they have had issues with manufacturing but if they have licked these it could be huge especially for use on cars and buildings! I worry about the MW beaming tech thouwhat happens when a plane flies thru the beam?!

[@KaliFissure]

You can do the same thing using a FRACTION of the material with a well designed Fresnel

[@poseidon8680]

I want Aptera to look like LightYear zero, I want one now :)

[@neutrino78x]

4:36 what are you talking about, condo/apartment buildings have had solar on the roof for decades? In California we recently made it a requirement for new construction... 🙂

[@danmoore3224]

OH Boy a large target for all the space garbage! Our grid needs to be way upgraded! Storage is what is need most. Panels keep getting better!

[@xaviernice7548]

Good luck to the person who picked the item at the grocery shelf when it was at a lower price.

[@tepidtuna7450]

Yeah, walk in wearing a nice suit and a gold watch. All of a sudden the prices go up...

[@mencken8]

“May” is more likely, and more honest. I’ve lost track of the number of YT videos that promise the next revolutionary technology, only disappear without a trace.

[@knowledgeiswealth.]

Same here better stick with good old nuclear reactors and fund for nuclear fusion

[@EricPham-gr8pg]

Add on magnifying glass on top each cell

[@KAKA-qh5ql]

I think I have an innovation that contributes to reducing the area of ​​the solar panels and increasing their efficiency. The method is a three-dimensional work like a wardrobe, and in it are like drawers in which solar panels are placed, and inside the drawer there are flexible fiber optic tubes that transmit sunlight to the solar panels, and from above the wardrobe there is a spherical lens that contributes to the collection of light, and from behind the wardrobe there are fans that contribute to cooling the solar panels and batteries

[@KAKA-qh5ql]

After the success of this experiment, it will be developed, and a building will be built that resembles the shape of vertical buildings, hotel buildings, and apartments, and inside it there will be solar panels stacked on top of each other, and the windows of the building will be made of glass with convex lenses, and from the top of the building a huge round lens, and the external lenses of the building will collect light inside rooms coated with paint that reflects the sun’s rays, by 100 percent. Inside the room, holes are fiber optics that transmit light to solar cells that collect light, and from behind the building, air conditioners help cool the building and solar panels.

[@dasiro]

I've heard of only 2 of these projects before and neither have a bright future: - lightyear bankrupted already twice, draining the funds of investors and customers - the solartrain is getting most of it's energy of recharging in the stations and almost nothing from the panels on the train itself

[@zerofire9479]

If they just encased and sealed the panels in high refractory glass that intensifies light and heat then the panels would not get dust on them and the case can be vibrated to make dust fall off, also add a turning mechanism to face them down to further encourage dust to fall off. Could also add high pressure dust blowers around the edges to blow it off using self filling and compression air tanks.

[@nonombre8589]

(1) Solar panels lose efficiency as they heat up (2) I'm sure the people working on the cutting edge of these technologies have explored this...

[@zerofire9479]

@@nonombre8589 if they are shit when they get hot, just pump cold gas into the sealed box, there, next issue?

[@ingalook]

Nice, I doubt anyone will think about weaponizing the ability to beam microwaves from space to a tageted location on earth.

[@CorderralLewis]

Was looking for this comment

[@zvorenergy]

Anything that increases individual freedom and independence is ok by me

[@RCandDIY]

This is amazing 👍

[@sanatanipandit1166]

1:21 it will be very useful in space

[@CHUNKYNUGGET666]

The sphere is kinda cool

[@josepheridu3322]

The crystal ball is just a reverse LED, and technically solar panels are reverse LEDs already, but with the sphere we add a lens just as LEDS have.

[@TThomas-si7yn]

If someone doesn't stop the massive government subsidies solar companies receive, there will remain no incentive to improving the technology further. Why bother, if you know that your bill will be paid in full, regardless? My understanding (very basic) is that, so far, no one has figured out a way to make the photoelectric effect more efficient. It may be heavy physics and chemistry, but there has to be some smart people out there just waiting for the funding to go and do just that. Until then, nothing will get better. btw, I've worked on two different commercial solar projects, on both the mechanical side, and the electrical. I wrote a short research paper on renewables, and none of them can, as of right now, replace fossil fuels and nuclear energy as the gold standards of energy infrastructure.

[@rgsclassicmusiccafe]

Thats what I conments in Hassan Nissar Show 😃

[@standingbear998]

another dead end road. like the self driving car, the solar car and now the e vehicle entirely.

[@lolipop20864]

why dont use automatic brush or something?

[@subtleblow]

Saw the image and thought "hmm artificial womb?". Nope, solar powaaaaaaaaaaaa..

[@vanillagorrilla]

They need to find a way to get the solar panels high above buildings or cover every roof in them

[@thomasskrappy3250]

celebrating 31% efficiency is a long way from the promised improvements in solar power.

[@chrisbourne3543]

University of California Davis has developed a new solar panel that use blue light that makes to jolt that creates the electricity

[@user-kq3zt3rf1d]

This is a nice and instructive video.(AI and Virtual Reality: Creating Immersive Experiences with Technology) I hope there is a lot to learn from it.,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[@whereswaldo5740]

So the solar panels use all their energy cleaning themselves and tracking. Genius.

[@williamwilson6499]

5:35 Lunar light is solar light.

[@Princyyy]

Each apartment pays half!!!! It's been more that 3 years since we have last payed our electricity bill after installing solar on our house which runs an AC, a fridge, a washing machine and other everyday appliances constantly.....

[@etenyenhuis1]

I love these technologies: utilizing electricity to clean electric-producing solar panels = net negative gain

[@PaulJackson157]

Gain is still positive but overall😂😂

[@lawrie3448]

Not convinced any of it is quite there yet !

[@patchin1]

That crystal ball thing will not work. Concentrating sun light for higher efficiency on smaller size chips is not new, see CPV. But CPV use thin Fresnel lenses or reflection optics. A sphere lens may look elegant, but that bulky glass will absorb so much light which kills the amount of energy you can generate. I know because I tried it. There may be ultra high purity expensive glass which can lower the absorption at an attainable cost. Since this design still uses a tracking mechanism to move the chip, it would be many times more efficient to just move the lens+cell assembly like a real CPV module. How to integrate that into a window is a different problem.

[@tsbio]

Is the space solar above or below the ozone layer? If above the ozone layer then energy (heat) that would be stopped by the ozone layer from reaching the earth would reach earth. Would that not add to global warming? If so, this is not a clean energy source.

[@felixthecat6284]

YES..... TEMPORARY ONLY FOR THE RICH. THE POOR ONES.....

[@toppermost66]

Assuming no cloudy days.

[@kenv2667]

we need Solshare in our condo please! :(

[@jeremyacton4569]

A Fresnel lens makes the thumbnail lens look heavy and expensive.

[@dartsfanatic1580]

Seems like our future is going to be brighter.

[@gzman1]

The glass blub at 6:09 was 6 years ago and possible suppressed the German website is no longer working!

[@lawrencefox563]

Why no tidal generation?

[@anilkumarsharma8901]

Take a very huge barometer of one kilometre square area then how much power potential we have in siphon and bell siphon Very huge barometer provides enough energy which runs a city in crisis

[@sampleoffers1978]

Seems like...The solar spectrum can be fabricated in light bulb configuration with mirrors in giant warehouse...The bulbs can be efficiently powered with diesel...but produce way more solar energy...so better panels is great but there's more options meanwhile.

[@chrisbourne3543]

What about an MSG pump in the solar panel Would increase their efficiency 50%

[@time4grace8]

HYPERBOLIC SOLAR

[@MrofficialC]

I just realized you just have to put a large tarp under existing solar farm to collect rainwater for electrolysis and then you can divert power from the solar farm to either the grid or to electrolysis depending on the current need so that no energy is wasted and you can easily collect all the suns energy that lands and is converted to solar energy

[@nateb4543]

Similarly ive been thinking about small scale concentrated solar via frensel lense thats a steam generator water desalinator in one. Don't ask how it would work

[@buzzkincaid5521]

Am I the last person alive that remembers Mark & Ellen’s solar home on “ All my Children”?

[@danmoehagen7376]

That glass sphere is of no value over any other concentrator, and has many drawbacks. Weight, is one big one. "Concentrating" solar does not create more energy. It's the same amount of energy, focused to small area. Any cheap fresnel lens would work as well. I wish that idea of it being some big "breakthrough" would go away.

[@archievii]

Stupid question (probably), but can’t we also switch to nuclear power as well? Obviously there’ll have to be a MAJOR overhaul on some of the facilities, but wouldn’t nuclear be an option too? Especially and please correct if I’m wrong. Didn’t Sweden or someone figure out a way to reuse spent fuel rods?

[@VictorKelly-ms6so]

Great ideas... I would like to extend these Ideas into what I call Linear cities... take the Saudi's Idea in the desert with their ambitious 750km Towering modern city... this seams odd shaped... I would challenge you to connect all of the Americas in a linear city's except the challenge is to keep it above the ground to allow nature to pass under with minimal interference. Wing shaped to allow natural air flow... within it would be the width of about the length of a football field wide and 60ft high supported by underground concrete water storage tanks as footings for the above city to provide a supply of cleaned potable water... which can supply millions. Within a practical and efficient vertical housing units... surrounded within by fields of crops, local edible plant and smaller animals like goats and sheep... poultry... vertical farming could allow for extra growing areas (for example; rice production descending plateaued fields), Fruit trees, and local exotic plants could also be grown inside if proven marketable then useful to cultivate/export. This one is for Elon Musk... why not reach higher speeds of commuting by using a hanged rail system, that merely holds the wings between polarized tracks that have the same Pos. or Neg. charge as the wings holding a fuselage If both wings are polarized opposite then perhaps these tethered flying winged planes could cruise at rapid speeds tucked up and under this wing protected from weather and wind, powered solely through field generation . Linear urbanization could also revolutionize the delivery industry if every one lives in or near there parcels need only be sent by tubes (Elon Musk, navel ships, and others using vacuumed tubes), that will stop at your residence/droned outside the city... the capsule can then be reused... great time to introduce recycling like milk in returnable glass bottles... protective packaging, boxes and returnable containers could be returned to whence they came, lets force manufactures to design reusable packaging. Getting the continent linked together could bring the Americas into a sustainable prosperous future... Where to start... existing highways could provide mutual benefits as the location and easy access to construction crews, materials... eventually lowering the footprint of the road by providing readily available electrics for future electric vehicles and systems to maintain them... this continuous wing will incorporate the most advanced solar and wind generation technology coupled with water storage batteries systems that raises water from the underwater fresh water storage tanks up into above Water Battery Storage Tanks during the day then returned to the below storage tanks generating power at night... might as well use this system to heat or cool the environment, provide water to all the fauna including ourselves... bike paths the whole way, high speed rails means high speed ambulances, Med bed equipped, Fire control systems... dry toilet systems and compostable gathering... water being readily available fisheries and water sports could be incorporated where feasible... say the desert... as we collect more and more fresh water it can be re-distributed to drier areas until the whole system is integrated; water from areas of abundance to dry areas providing solar power, steam power, etc. in return. Lots of potential folks... no more homelessness!!!! Hope some one sees this ELON, DONALD, Jordan P., someone?