A new take on home solar

[unixronin]

Here's a new take on solar power for the home.  Kennewick, Washington based Infinia (Flash required) plans to release a solar-power solution using a Stirling-cycle engine and a dish that looks to be about C-band size.  The initial unit will have a capacity in the 3kW range, and is expected to be about 24% efficient, double the officiency of a photovoltaic system.  The collector dishes are sun-tracking, and can be placed together in close-packed dish farms.

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[fatcook.livejournal.com]

I like it. Here in Phoenix we get close to 12-14 hours of sun during the summer and 8-10 hours in the winter. I didn't see anything about cost though.