Comments on: Solar Energy Company Offers Radical, Tubular Solar Panels

By: solar panels

solar panels — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:24:22 +0000

I was wondering how does the tubular solar panels compare to thin films.Nano solar claimed that they can make thin films for less than us$1/watt.

By: Anthony J Gioco

Anthony J Gioco — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:23:55 +0000

Just read about your product in the New Haven Register, found your web site, I’m impressed with the product. Do you need a sales person in Connecticut ?

Thank You

Anthony J Gioco
135 Arundel Ave
West Hartford CT 06107

By: Eliza Strickland

Eliza Strickland — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:03:09 +0000

Hi, David — the company that makes these systems is currently making only large installations suitable for the roofs of big box stores or office buildings. But you can keep an eye on the company website to watch for further developments: http://www.solyndra.com.

By: David

David — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:32:40 +0000

I am a home owner In St. Petersburg, FL.. I would like to Know when will we see these units for home use? And if you need a home to try them out on my home is ready.

Thank you.

By: Ray

Ray — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:36:42 +0000

I would like to ask you were I can get some tubes so experments at Itt-Tech in Boise Idaho. We are trying to make a perpetual light idea and we think your tubes will work

By: nick

nick — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 11:02:17 +0000

I have been playing with a similar idea in my head, that of using small, pyramidally shaped arrays of solar collectors to trap diffuse light wells, much the way these rounded ones do. I have no idea, however, how to calculate whether or not a pyramidal shape able to capture the scatter from north/south as well as east/west would have any increase in collection efficiency. Ideally, light hitting one face directly would reflect onto the back of another pyramid, allowing the ‘dark’ side to collect energy as well, however, again, I don’t know how to calculate how useful this may be.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:50:35 +0000

If there are roughly 120 million US households and the average home uses +/- 11,000 kWh/year, a rate of about 1.25 kWh, wouldn’t 150 gigawatts power every home? …150 gigawatts (150,000,000 kWh) / 120,000,000 homes = 1.25 kWh/home… The other thing I didn’t understand is that 150 gigawatts from 30 billion square feet is 5 watts/square foot, isn’t it? Don’t conventional (flat) PV systems effectively put out 10-15 watts/square foot? Am I way off base here? I’m no expert…