The solar of tomorrow!
In recent years, there has been a war between the supporters of traditional energies and the "green energies". However, green "energie"s are looking for long-term solutions and technologies are constantly evolving as research progresses.
Http://www.univers-nature.com/actualite/energie-solaire-la-revolution-rawlemon-67722.html
Solutions for the future?
Many solutions are proposed with relative efficiency and relatively high costs. The project of @chrisaiki is valid but what will be the technology of the solar in 5, 10, 15 and 20 years? The equipment installed today may be obsolete tomorrow.
Changing Paradigms
Here is a scenario that could change the reality of photovoltaics: instead of solar farms, if each house could install a "variant" of the solar ball and sell the energy produced to the network.
• Reduced investment: each facility reduces its energy bill by selling the energy it generates to the global network
• Reduction of generalized power cut through diversification of supplies
• Reduction of space occupied by solar farms
• Reduction of thermal effects due to absorption / reflection in the atmosphere.
Future Developments?
Some improvements in the "Rawlemon" could lead to a fall in manufacturing prices.
Http://www.consoglobe.com/rawlemon-sphere-solaire-cg
• Elimination of the mobility of the solar panel by replacing it with an enlarged concave surface.
• Possibility to modify progressively by more efficient solar panels.
• Possibility of grouping several "balls".
Sources: http://www.consoglobe.com/rawlemon-sphere-solaire-cg
http://fr.ubergizmo.com/2016/01/15/sphere-revolutionne-energie-solaire.html
Solar energy is great, but Rawlemon, unfortunately, isn't.
Rawlemon was 181% funded on March 11, 2014 on Indiegogo but hasn't delivered anything yet. The ball thing is still just an idea, no prototypes have been independently tested, and what little math they have shown is off.
Maybe Rawlemon is a scam, maybe they have bitten off more than they can chew, but I wouldn't invest in Rawlemon if I were you, as I don't expect them to offer a working solution ever.
You can read their backers' comments here.
The idea is interesting and could be improved. High temperature solar panels would be required. I think the company has never been able to market the product.
Systems that concentrate sunlight already exist, and are being developed further, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentrator_photovoltaics. They have their limitations (see under "Challenges" in the article), but they work!
My post was an answer to @chrisaiki about solar panels. I read a lot about the energies differences and I even wrote two posts on the topic 4 months ago.
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very good article i love green energy im thinking of placing some solar panels here on the house