Flexible Solar Panels
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Interesting idea: needs help!?
The idea is solar power lines it eleminates the cost of land and generates power without the need of a plant. How can this be made? Flexible solar panel technology is available but any ideas on how this could actually work?
Two problems with this:
Line Loss — Electric lines are AC voltage not DC
Solar uses DC unless it has been converted,
and the converters are big and expensive.
AC is a requirement because we need to step up
the voltage to very high voltages and then step them
back down before entering a section of houses.
This decreases the line loss which requires high voltage.
Transformers work wel with AC (but not DC voltage)
Line Weight — Electric lines are just as heavy as the can
be to support thier own weight. They are under high tension.
If you add more weight for solar,
the poles would have to be much closer together.
This would add an enormous cost.
Jesuits @ CES 2009 – Flexible Solar with Power Film
