Dual trough concentrating solar photovoltaic module

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7709730
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12100726

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A solar energy collector suitable for use in a solar energy collection system. The collector may have a plurality of reflector panels, a support structure that supports the reflector panels in a manner that defines a pair of adjacent reflector troughs, each trough having a base, a pair of reflective side walls and a trough aperture suitable for receiving incident sunlight during operation of the collector, a plurality of solar receivers positioned generally adjacent an edge of an associated trough and including at least one photovoltaic cell, wherein the reflector panels are arranged to direct incident sunlight towards the solar receivers using a single reflection during operation of the collector, and a frame that is coupled to the support structure near the bases of the troughs to define a closed reflector support truss framework.

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SKYLINE SOLAR INC185 E DANA STREET MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94041

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Johnson, Eric C Mountain View, US 28 900
Leeds, Michael San Francisco, US 11 487

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