Concentrating solar energy collector

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8686279
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12781706

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A concentrating solar energy collector comprises a linearly extending receiver comprising solar cells, a plurality of linearly extending reflective elements arranged in side-by-side rows, oriented parallel to a long axis of the receiver, and fixed in position with respect to each other and with respect to the receiver to form a linearly extending reflector, and a linearly extending support structure supporting the receiver and the reflector and pivotally mounted to accommodate rotation of the support structure, the reflector, and the receiver about a rotation axis parallel to the long axis of the receiver.

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SUNPOWER CORPORATION77 RIO ROBLES SAN JOSE CA 95134

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Almogy, Gilad Palo Alto, US 206 4009
Bar, Amir Sunnyvale, US 35 221
Bochkariov, Andrey Rosh Ha'ayin, IL 4 44
Morad, Ratson Palo Alto, US 122 3261
Ricklis, Ofer Kfar-Sava, IL 5 36
Weiss, Amir Arie Sunnyvale, US 4 71

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