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Stacking magnifying glasses for solar
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<blockquote data-quote="Ponderous Curmudgeon" data-source="post: 76849420" data-attributes="member: 433179"><p>The total input is limited by the size of the first lens after that, the lenses just concentrate and melt a tiny hole in the solar panel unless you mean that multiple non aligned lenses create a larger original area.</p><p>If you replace the lens with a mirror as is done in space and other large telescopes this has already been done as in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odeillo_solar_furnace" target="_blank">Odiello Solar Furnace</a>. On a smaller scale they are called solar ovens and my sister uses one all the time.</p><p>On the scale you are thinking for the purpose of electricity generation they are called <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_tower" target="_blank">Solar Power Towers</a> (worth a read) And there are quite a few already operating.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ponderous Curmudgeon, post: 76849420, member: 433179"] The total input is limited by the size of the first lens after that, the lenses just concentrate and melt a tiny hole in the solar panel unless you mean that multiple non aligned lenses create a larger original area. If you replace the lens with a mirror as is done in space and other large telescopes this has already been done as in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odeillo_solar_furnace']Odiello Solar Furnace[/URL]. On a smaller scale they are called solar ovens and my sister uses one all the time. On the scale you are thinking for the purpose of electricity generation they are called [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_tower']Solar Power Towers[/URL] (worth a read) And there are quite a few already operating. [/QUOTE]
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