Sunday, October 3, 2010

FORGET PV – SOLARFLOW IS COMING!

Congratulations to our customers who had the vision and foresight to invest in Solar Thermal Evacuated Tube Collector systems. We are happy to announce that your smart decision is about to pay off in a big way. Within the next year, you will be able to upgrade your Evacuated Tube solar system to generate grid-quality electricity from the excess heat it produces at a fraction of the cost of installing a separate photovoltaic system. The upgrade is guaranteed to reduce the cost of your combined gas and electric bills by 75%.

Cool Energy Inc., the developer of this new solar technology, calls it the SolarFlow System. Although a production schedule has not yet been announced, we expect to hear something soon.

So how does this new technology work?

Do you remember learning about Stirling Engines in science class? Developed in 1816, it is a simple engine that powers a turbine using heat. On the Antiques Roadshow today, they featured a fan built in 1919 that used a Stirling engine. A kerosene lamp heated air that turned a turbine that spun the fan blades.  By using solar thermal heat, electricity is generated through a low temperature Stirling Engine. It is simple, quiet and clean.

Stirling engine technology has actually been used for the past several years in large commercial solar applications with a large powerful sun dish providing concentrated heat. The technology has been scaled down and will soon be available for residential applications. These small Stirling Engine-based systems have been designed to use Evacuated Tube Collectors only. ETCs are the only solar thermal collectors that will generate the proper amount of heat to power SolarFlow.

Mirasol Solar Energy Systems recognized the advanced capabilities and future potential of Evacuated Tube Collectors from the beginning. We started our business using ETCs exclusively. We knew that ETCs would be the core of all new developments in solar for heating, air conditioning and electricity generating. We are the only solar company in the state to have the experience and the engineering capability to offer the new SolarFlow System as soon as it becomes available.

For the past several months, we have advised our customers to wait for new technology announcements before they buy a photovoltaic system. Check back with us for news about the release of SolarFlow. We think we will have an exciting announcement for you very soon!

3 comments:

  1. I really like reading an article that can make people think. Also, thank you for allowing me to comment!…

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  2. Solar energy is free, why are we not using it? Mass producing solar panels could bring down the production cost which is affordable for everyone.

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