This innovation reduces the cost of solar energy by 30%. Why hasn't it made an energy revolution yet

This video will describe this simple experiment and the challenges for a start-up that will turn this idea into large solar power plants to produce very large amounts of cheap electricity and thermal energy.
Of course, installing it on water is not an innovation, and floating solar power plants are one of the answers to the question of what solar energy will look like in the future.
Also, this idea of ​​rotating on water is not an innovation, and for example, this solar power plant can rotate according to the movement of the sun across the sky, and it is made up of cells that have this solar panel and these floats. We understand that such rotations are commonly referred to by these terms, as are the rotations of similar solar panels which are also one of those types of solar power plants that may dominate in the future instead of motionless solar panels. It is well known that these rotations of solar panels according to the movement of the sun across the sky increase their electricity production by almost 1.5 times. But in case of rotation of these mirror dishes, their energy production increases by about 3 times compared to these motionless mirrors, which are studied on my KZbin channel.
One of my recent videos explained that mirror dish trackers become economically feasible when their cost is reduced below the level of 40 USD / sq.m. But unfortunately, we see that current prices are several times higher than that level, and this fact is not surprising because a tracker is made up of this large mass of steel and concrete, this expensive and complex hinge, and these devices for turning in two directions. At the same time, we can notice that the installation on water is radically cheaper, and let's take a look at what exactly is its innovation.
It is important to draw your attention to the fact that the rotation of a mirror dish from morning to evening should occur simultaneously in two directions: horizontally and vertically.
I have already said that this horizontal turn is not an innovation, but the innovation is these vertical turns. More precisely, the innovation is the fact that the vertical turns are performed by these floats. Now I will try to show you how the floats make those vertical turns, and you see that we can change the weight of this water inside the floats. We also understand that this is a very simple and cheap system, and one inexpensive water pump can control several thousand floats simultaneously and equally. It is interesting that this cell could change the vertical inclination through changes in the weight of water inside this float, or inside this float, or inside both floats.
Now I will show you the rotation of my mirror system during the day, and now it is morning, and these are the time points of one day from morning to evening.
These are the same actions, but with this screen, and these are the time points from morning to evening. You have the opportunity to see this vertical angle of the mirror and fix its horizontal angle against the background of this small building. In addition, you can verify that those rotations of the mirror are required to ensure that this spot of solar radiation is always located in the same place, despite the constant movement of the sun across the sky.
So, we must have several thousand similar cells that combine into a similar island, and our solar power plant should consist of several dozen or hundreds of similar islands. Each island has several inexpensive motors to rotate it, and 1 or 2 pumps to control the weight of water in its floats.
It is obvious that this mirror focuses solar radiation into this spot, which leads to its high temperature.
My previous videos often described the operation of such receivers, which are located at the focal point of the spot where solar radiation heats a heat-transfer fluid. For example, solar power plants of this type take thermal oil with a temperature of almost 300 ⁰C, and solar radiation increases the temperature to almost 400 ⁰C. The hot oil is transported to the center of the power plant, where a proportion of the thermal energy of the oil produces steam for a turbine with an electric generator. The rest of the energy of the oil heats huge masses of substance inside these heat storages to a temperature of almost 400 ⁰C, and this thermal energy produces steam for the same turbine in the evening and at night.
That is why such solar power plants work as well at night as during the day, unlike solar panels that only produce electricity when it is sunny. In addition, one of my old videos described heat storages based on concrete, sand and other cheap materials which provide the electricity generation for several non-sunny days in a row. Another of my videos described large heat storages based on soil or waste so that we can generate electricity during non-sunny winters as well as in summer.

[@crazymonkeyVII]

Sergiy!!!!! Finally another upload! Great to see that you're still on it. Stay safe!

[@bearnaff9387]

Mr. Yurko, you continue to innovate the design of incredibly cheap solar thermal plant designs that can be implemented almost everywhere. Now we need someone to do the same thing for making cheap and lightweight transport systems for a cheap and plentiful thermal working fluid.

[@bdblazer6400]

Many water installations are shi* and blow onto a pile in strong wind. Choose design and material carefully.

[@74Gee]

Moving the water in and out of floats requires orders of magnitude more energy that rotating something around the center of mass. When perfectly balanced, an oil bearing requires under a gram or torque to turn. Exerting one gram of torque is equivalent to displacing one cubic centimeter of water. The main problem with solar tracking solutions is the negligible gain after orienting the solar collector - so any losses on the energy used to orient is very important. Rotate around the center of mass instead and save a lot of energy.

[@drrohitchaudhary7537]

Don't put it in a lake but make its own little well filled with water to reduce the waves. Cover the well from the top to stop wind. Also fox the front legs to the bottom and mount the front legs on a hinge. That way only The rear legs can go up and down

[@NeurolinguisticTraumatolog]

Sergey thank you!! Your videos are cool interesting researches and your own experiments!!!

[@andriidubinin955]

Simple and chip but at the same time very genious and innovative! 👍👍

[@stillness0072]

Thinking outside the box 👍

[@NickWindham]

Love it. Great ideas. Keep up the improvements

[@ManyHeavens42]

Everybody should have one .

[@EasyX2y]

nice idea/execution, love the thinking behind but thermal solar systems are net very good in cloudy areas, and need more moving parts standard PV costs came down over the last years by a lot, in favorable conditions the price for PV electricity is already well below 2 cents per KWh, no tracking (means no moving parts, set and forget) future will be PV modules all over, walls, fences, rooftops, deserted land, lakes and so on

[@unionse7en]

yes but what is cheap to you and I may not be cheap to many, many others (PV modules, electronics etc). The thermal designs can be produced from mostly scrap especially in areas where people are very creativs,resourceful and have more time.

[@AutoNomades]

Well even a car with closed windows gets warm by cloudy days, i even use it to dry my cloth when i need (and ventilate it sometimes)

[@vitalishilo3138]

Сергий, здравствуйте! Надеюсь, у вас всё хорошо. Ваши видео производят большое впечатление. Сотрудничаете ли вы с компаниями и организациями за границей? Я представляю одну из таких в Иерусалиме. Как можно с вами связаться?

[@Chaos_God_of_Fate]

This is my favorite form of Solar Power. Much more practical than cells which are not so easy to make at home (it is possible, just not practical). The other Solar idea that I really like is using black tubing, then make a spiral as wide as you want and pump water/oil/something through it to collect heat, which with enough will boil the water and you can run a steam engine hooked up to a generator. You can also add mirrors to the tubing version to get more efficiency out of a smaller area. This is probably my second favorite way to harness green energy. My favorite is hydroelectric, but of course you need a continuous flow of water nearby to take advantage of that- much less practical but lots of fun to setup. I remember damming our creek up in multiple places when I was a kid- we made ourselves a bunch of little swimming holes and minnows would collect in a few of them which we'd catch and release with our hands- harder than it sounds, even when there's tons of them!

[@petrlonsky2332]

Great idea! Hope some day we will see your ideas in practice. Did you ever try to built "solar pond"? (Heliothermal) 🕊🌍👍

[@unionse7en]

the horizontal pump actuator for tilt is always interesting., simple and cheap. Fun to think of equally cheap ways to do the rotation about the vertical axis holding position in water .

[@BJJJUDO]

Can you do an experiment where the receiver is in the shape of a long coil instead of a straight pipe? My thought is the coil addresses the need to move the trough because some parts of the receiver are always in the ideal location. Of course it would be less efficient but with no moving parts could it win on cost?

[@intellectualcat4000]

It is necessary to use a receiver shape that repeats the movement of the mirror focus.

[@BJJJUDO]

@ thank you for answering my question, love your channel.

[@halnineooo136]

Good for dams where waves are negligible. However impact on the aquatic biotope needs to be assessed prior.

[@aky2292]

Спасибо за ваши прекрасные видео, привет из соседнего к озеру из видео городка

[@DungHoang-bv2yd]

Hi guys, electric from thermal is cheaper than from PV?

[@intellectualcat4000]

Thermal energy sources are cheaper, but few places have them.

[@mariosebastiani3214]

This could also reduce the evaporation from reservoirs, since the water surface would receive far less energy from the sun, and also the presence of the panels would reduce the wind speed over the water.

[@AutoNomades]

Yes. but wind on the water is good for aerating the water so it stays healthy.

[@mariosebastiani3214]

@@AutoNomades Yes, oxygenation of water is a delicate topic indeed.

[@z4zuse]

Aligning the rotation of the mirror with the axis of Earth, the rotation is only about one axis, with an occasional adjustment for the seasons

[@intellectualcat4000]

Yes, but you need a gyroscope for that.

[@z4zuse]

@intellectualcat4000 daily rotation is a motor, as it is aligned. Seasonal adjustment can be done manually a couple of times per year.

[@intellectualcat4000]

Ah, I didn't understand you right away. You want to use an engine that works like a clock - it makes one revolution per day. The gyroscope has the same effect, it tends to maintain its position, therefore, to make one revolution per day against the rotation of the planet.

[@coachgeo]

I get the pump of adding water weight to tilt the panels in the vertical plane. Cool idea. How are you doing the rotation on Horizontal plane? Are pumps pushing water out small jets for this?

[@cosmic4037]

Thankyou starting to apply your advice.

[@coachgeo]

side note not completely relevant... but a little. The hot oil could also be used to crack used motor oils and retort plastics to components like usable diesel fuel and other fractions.

[@intellectualcat4000]

And for making bricks and melting metal.

[@halnineooo136]

Stay safe Sergiy

[@masterofthegame8764]

what if you add air gel into solar panels. it's super good at cooling things down.

[@intellectualcat4000]

Есть идея расщеплять свет с помощью призмы на радугу, концентрировать и потом обрабатывать каждый цвет отдельно. Синий и красный свет лучше всего перерабатывают растения. Эти цвета можно пропускать мимо солнечных панелей, тогда за панелями можно будет выращивать растения или же устанавливать баки с водорослями. Фиолетовый, зелёный и жёлтый свет можно улавливать обычными фотоэлектрическими панелями. Инфракрасный свет, то есть тепло, лучше улавливать чёрными тепловыми коллекторами и превращать в энергию с помощью теплового двигателя или использовать для обогрева помещений. Такая специализация по цветам позволит не только подобрать эффективный фотоприёмник под каждый цвет, но и позволит выращивать растения на месте установки солнечных панелей, что актуально для небольших дачных участков.

[@Matx5901]

Great idea. Really. A slow cost kit with Arduino etc., should be done. Very clever engineers on KZbin could be amused. It's a game for them.

[@AutoNomades]

If you absolutly want to use electricity for that, some even more simple systems are working by connecting 2 small pv pannels to a motor that mooves the solar heater; + and - are connected in a way to the motor from the first PV pannel, and - and + connected to the same pannel. it seems to work very well as i saw many videos about. The same could be done with 2 motors acting like a boat propellers in oposite directions, so the one pannel-motor group that catches more sun "win" the race and turn the solar heater in the proper direction, AND aerate water so it stays clean.

[@РинатРинат-з4б]

Сергей, доброго времени суток. Специально писал коммент к самому "свежему" вашему видео. Надеюсь что ответите, а то даже этому видео более 2 лет. У меня короткий вопрос. Не могу нигде найти ответ на него. Думаю, что вы точно знаете. Зимой и летом количество энергии от солнца зависит только от угла наклона коллектора? Или же коллектор установленный перпендикулярно к солнцу летом и , тот же коллектор, установленный перпендикулярно к солнцу зимой, будет выоабатывать колличество тепла в единицу времени по разному (зимой меньше)? П. Си скопировал из вашего рускоязычного канала. С уважением Ринат, Кыргызстан

[@intellectualcat4000]

Если поворачивать коллектор перпендикулярно солнцу, то одинаково.

[@РинатРинат-з4б]

@intellectualcat4000 спасибо за ответ!

[@lAljax]

Interesting that they can connected in paralel so they all are tilting the same way.

[@lasertagdreamer]

What about wind ? )

[@intellectualcat4000]

Sails for protection from the wind.

[@balotooni2922]

Greetings from Pakistan

[@aQuademyLabs]

Subject: Invitation to Join Team IKAN for the XPRIZE Water Scarcity Challenge Тема: Запрошення приєднатися до команди IKAN для участі в XPRIZE Water Scarcity Challenge

[@aQuademyLabs]

After watching your incredible video on solar power plants and your innovative floating mirror dish system, I was inspired by your ability to solve real-world energy problems with practical solutions. Your expertise in solar energy, especially your floating solar power innovations and efficient mirror tracking systems, would be invaluable to Team IKAN as we prepare for the XPRIZE Water Scarcity competition. Після перегляду вашого неймовірного відео про сонячні електростанції та вашу інноваційну систему дзеркальних відбивачів на воді, я був вражений вашим підходом до вирішення реальних енергетичних проблем. Ваш досвід у сонячній енергетиці, особливо щодо інновацій із плаваючими дзеркальними системами та ефективними механізмами відстеження, буде надзвичайно корисним для нашої команди IKAN, особливо у підготовці до XPRIZE Water Scarcity competition.

[@aQuademyLabs]

Beyond just the aQuaSolis technology, we’re also launching aQuademy, a floating school initiative designed to educate communities about sustainable practices and empower them through hands-on learning. We believe that your insights into scalable solar energy and thermal storage systems could be pivotal in both our technical development and educational outreach. Крім того, ми запускаємо aQuademy - освітню ініціативу, що включає плаваючі школи для навчання спільнот сталим практикам та надання їм практичних навичок. Ми вважаємо, що ваші знання у сфері масштабованих сонячних енергетичних рішень та систем теплового зберігання можуть стати вирішальними як для розвитку нашої технології, так і для освітніх програм.

[@aQuademyLabs]

I would love to explore how we could collaborate and combine our efforts to make a significant impact. Your skills and innovation align perfectly with our goals, and it would be fantastic to have you as part of our team. Мені було б дуже цікаво обговорити, як ми могли б співпрацювати та об'єднати наші зусилля для досягнення значних результатів. Ваші навички та інновації чудово поєднуються з нашими цілями, і ми були б раді бачити вас у нашій команді.

[@unionse7en]

great episode!

[@drrohitchaudhary7537]

Genius

[@Invent-eq1wl]

reinventing the bearing 😂

[@lionelyork4960]

Bonjour 🇨🇵 👏👏👏👏👍🍾🥂

[@dmitriykozmin3091]

shoutout to this ingenious Indian inventor!

[@unhippy1]

He's Ukrainian.....

[@dmitriykozmin3091]

@@unhippy1 but his accent is 100% best quality Indian😍

[@amuthi1]

How many Indians do you know?​@@dmitriykozmin3091

[@unhippy1]

@@dmitriykozmin3091 He got too much of a tan from testing his inventions?......

[@dmitriykozmin3091]

@@unhippy1 I'm just kidding. and the dude is amazing. I guess he's from Poltava oblast of Ukraine.

[@lampshadesneeded]

you forgot wind exists

[@nickwinn7812]

For a gain of 30 to 40%, can you give the economic case of your system, versus simply increasing the size of a fixed collector by 30 to 40%

[@intellectualcat4000]

With mass industrial production, any technology becomes cheaper, which means that any trackers for turning collectors will also become much cheaper.

[@panchui4]

nice!

[@gsestream]

you just showed the solution, solar panel hanging from wires. also a fully supported ball bearing worm gear vertical direction joint is not difficult. leaking oil from the pipes into water will mess up your system. where do you need corps when you diy. yep, you must diy. if you cant diy then market does not have a solution. 4x telescope poles to direct the solar panel. or just 2dof space worm gear telescope tracking mount. screw metal beam telescope legs are simple and cheap. or 4x air piston legs. yep tether style telescope rod mounted solar panel. assume all materials are free. so diy. as market distribution chains multiply the prices of the base items vs diy.

[@aQuademyLabs]

I was trying to invite you to join my XPRIZE team for water scarcity, Sergey. Sorry for replying multiple times, but my post got deleted.

[@KayWessel]

If this system is floating, how to harvest the energy? Will the heated oil be cooled by the water?

[@jorislal]

Insulation and flow rate minimize the loss in temperature. Any central heating system already pumps hot water across entire cities like mine.

[@1islam1]

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[@jorislal]

@@1islam1 religion is evil, especially when interpreted by radicals like islamists.

[@intellectualcat4000]

@@1islam1 Why are you showing this here on the science channel?

[@jim9930]

Preface: I live 41 degrees N Latitude about 50 miles south of Lake Erie in western Pennsylvania USA. Lake effect clouds make this the second cloudiest area in the USA - 88 days of sunshine/year. Seattle is number one with 80days/year (practically northern rain forest along the Pacific coast) In the early 80's, a contractor (home builder), I subcontracted with - put up an evacuated tube system on his roof to heat his swimming pool. NOT economical after several years of collecting data. Natural gas heater would have been cheaper. I was designing and installing geothermal heat pumps at the time ($.10/kWhr) and that could barely compete with natural gas considering the initial installation expenses. Natural gas is very inexpensive in the USA because of the shale revolution which has been keeping costs of production very low compared to anywhere else in the world. (1/4 to 1/10 the cost of European supplies, especially since Russia/Ukraine) Passive solar design, window shading, south facing thermal mass, etc. is the only economical use for solar thermal energy collection in this area. KISS "keep it simple stupid" always applies to any engineering solution. Hurricane Milton that recently hit Florida spun off a large tornado that destroyed a $100 million solar cell power array for 12,000 homes. It is rarely the cost of operation that dictates the system efficiency; rather, installation and maintenance even with 'free' energy from the sun or wind. Resilience is more important than efficiency with solar! Passive solar (thermal collection) is almost always more resilient to damage than active solar. Control systems that rely on powered focusing seem like a RED FLAG Don't do it !! - spare parts/inflation/other. Other: May 21, 2011 was the beginning of judgement day on the world - you were WARNED And it shall come to pass in that day, a great tumult from the Lord shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbor, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbor. Zechariah 14;13 "Tumult" = confusion & disbelief for the punishment of mankind. I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them, because when I called, none did answer: when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not. Isaiah 66;4 ...Have you noticed the 'green' energy revolution has mostly been since 2011? CONFUSED and delusional spoiler alert: The biblical calendar has been known, published (1974), and carefully studied for over half a century now. There are more than forty time-paths from the bible pointing to 2033 as the last day. GO look up: Ebible2 timelines T - minus 9 years and counting...

[@jorislal]

Might not work everywhere, but here in Lithuania I purchased 3kW solar array for 3000€ which is expensive but it's a service, I've purchased part of a solar power plant, not an installation on my roof or something like that. Even at that expensive 1000€/kW cost the array already saved 15% of its cost in 9 months that it has been running. Manufacturer guarantees at least 90% efficiency after 30 years so as I said even at that price it's cost effective and when it's a service like that you can literally treat it like an investment with a 15-20% per year return rate. That is crazy high return rate compared to buying stock and has many other benefits like lowered CO2 and other pollutants, increased energy independence (from ruSSia), basic GDP gain etc.

[@stra8863]

if you think you have made invention you should search a patent, but it is too late if you have showed it on a youtube video.

[@AutoNomades]

Patents are the good way to be sure a usefull idea for the world will never be usefull for humanity but eventually a small fraction of the same privilegied peoples.

[@roiad876]

Seen a lot of videos like these but none on how to diy an efficient and cheap steam engine for home use, is it all just a scam

[@intellectualcat4000]

There are many videos on how to make a cheap Stirling engine.

[@SolarCookingGermany]

For home use you're better off with solar panels, you don't want to deal with tracking devices, re-filling water, steam turbines and generators etc. Stirling engines are also not efficient.

[@kostyaZa]

Все буде Україна 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@intellectualcat4000]

Все буде людина.

[@jensbuchholz5766]

😅❤

[@patriciaoudart1508]

❤I mobile installations this is not possible, solar panels more numerous in every directions are the best cost saving

[@jorislal]

Solar panels are getting cheaper, longer lasting and easier to recycle, ye we should just cover all unused surfaces like roofs with them and think of solutions to store the excess energy.

[@RüdigerValley]

Ich empfehle dir, dich bei Elon oder einer seiner Werke zu bewerben. Solch Denken ist dort gefragt!

[@AutoNomades]

Yeah Elon will reinvent the mild water, then destroy the existing and workin water system for ever after promising whatever "revolution"

[@VillageBananaExpress]

I don't think this approach is practical or efficient. Instead, we could achieve better results at a lower cost by using a solar tracking system powered by a stepper motor controlled through Arduino.

[@donaldtan8565]

Sergiy， thank you for doing such a great job! So inspiring!! what social media are you using? I would like to follow your social media.