Breakthrough Solar Energy Technology from Israel

The latest star performer in solar cell technology comes from Israel. The developers say their new panels offer an inexpensive way to collect both electric and thermal energy.
One year ago professor Feiman showed us his pilot plan for an innovative solar panel based on a simple concept: Replace large areas of expensive photovoltaic cells with inexpensive glass and concentrate sunlight onto a very small area of cells.

The Israeli startup Zenith Solar has now launched its first working power plan based on Feimans technology.

What could be more suitable for the occasion than a song to the sun?

[Shimon Peres, President of Israel]:
"I am jealous of this installation; it is more intelligent than us. It follows the sun all the time and shows its face to it. The issue of Solar Energy is primordial, and may be one of the most important issues for the whole world. First of all it is against deprivation of the poor."

Whats so special about this breakthrough technology?

[Roy Segev, CEO, Zenith Solar]:
"Traditional photovoltaic systems that as you know are quite popular around the world, have the ability to harvest approximately 10- to 15 percent of the energy while this system will harvest approximately 70 percent."

The new system does not need as much area as conventional solar technologies, and it offers more advantages.

[David Feiman, Professor, Ben Gurion University]:
"As the high technology advance and you came up with cells that are more efficient, you remove the cell, recycling it and put a new one, and you upgrade it in one lifetime of the system."

How economical is the solar sizzler?

[Roy Segev, CEO, Zenith Solar]: (Eng.)
"We will be able harvest a kilowatt/hour by approximately 8.6 cents over a period of 15 years under the consumption of the Israeli sun."

Zenith Solar plans to develop smaller units that can be installed in the backyard or on house rooftops by the end of 2010.

NTD, Kvutsat Yavne, Israel

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[gabigowriel]

@tatsumakisempyukaku "having your own energy" could be translated everyone could have his own energy source since the sun IS THERE AND WILL BE THERE IN THE SKY FOR A LONG TIME...

This design has only one flaw:

the parabolic mirror and photovoltaic cell WILL MOVE AND NOT FOCUS THE SUN WELL WHEN IT'S WINDY ...

But if the efficiency is really 70% than these cells are as good as concentrated solar power parabolic system!

Heats water or oil like in Mojave desert solar plant built in 1987!

[tatsumakisempyukaku]

Let's not forget that-that 8 cents you're not actually paying for. Provided, of course, that the system is durable enough to more than pay for itself and maintenance cost. Moreover, you avoid paying government taxes by having ur own energy. Unless they tax it like cars in Connecticut, where we have a yrly car tax

[fissb1]

Well yes, 8 cents is still high for the current status but I'd rather have this then a nuclear plant anywhere within 100km of where I stay and given prices of oil increase, I think 8 cents is very cheap even in very near future.

I personally thinks a batter technology would be Vacuum tube solar collector, to keep the heat in.

[ShailoMoore]

at 8 c/kwh that's still high, keeping in mind you are still paying your LDC for service charges, and government taxes in addition., also anytime a new pilot project is launched the tax payers pockets are the ones who get hit.  Realistically it may be more but the value is sure there for your dollar.

[saint27573]

congrats to Israel they have taken the next step into cheap affordable clean energy !