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Muizzuddin
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Solar Energy

12/28/2009 2:10 AM

can we use a mirror,outside the World which could reflect light during night.so we can use solar power plants during night?
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12/28/2009 3:24 AM

Sorry, most of us need our beauty sleep. Having the sun shine on us 24/7 doesn't help any.

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12/28/2009 9:59 AM

My Kyocera panels produce approx 20 percent of their full power in complete darkness, that is, no moon in the sky. With the moon shining they are at 40 percent...and with a few inches of snow and full darkness they still capture energy. No mirrors needed.

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12/29/2009 9:00 AM

Would you, please, post a link for the data sheet of the Kyocera panel? From what you are saying, this is the one I want for my project.

Thank you.

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12/28/2009 2:42 PM

There is a company with a contract in California to supply nighttime solar power by having the capture technology in space - on solar power satellites (SPS). I read about this recently somewhere on the CR4 pages. Here's a news story apparently about the same thing.

here's a wiki for "Space Based Solar Power"

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12/31/2009 3:53 AM

How would the world dissipate all the extra heat that is to be beamed in from space, then (rhetorical question)? There is already a growing global concern that the place is warming up too quickly. Beaming in extra heat from outside will make matters worse!

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12/31/2009 7:34 AM

GA PW and thank you for saving me typing.

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