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What’s the Most Efficient Design For a Solar Collector? Shape It Like a Sunflower By Rebecca Boyle, popsci.com Con­cen­trat­ed solar power plants could get an effi­cien­cy boost inspired by flow­ers, accord­ing to MIT researchers. Design­ing solar mir­rors in a spi­ral pat­tern sim­i­lar to sun­flower heads could reduce the space required for CSP plants an…

What’s the Most Efficient Design For a Solar Collector? Shape It Like a Sunflower
By Rebecca Boyle, popsci.com

Con­cen­trat­ed solar power plants could get an effi­cien­cy boost inspired by flow­ers, accord­ing to MIT researchers. Design­ing solar mir­rors in a spi­ral pat­tern sim­i­lar to sun­flower heads could reduce the space required for CSP plants an…

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