Concentrating solar power with glasshouses

a technology of solar energy and glasshouses, applied in the safety of solar heat collectors, renewable energy machines, lighting and heating apparatus, etc., can solve the problems of tarnishing, glass is relatively fragile and vulnerable to hail and other forms of damage, and the reflectivity of a concentrator is sensitive to damage,
US20130220305A1Inactive Publication Date: 2013-08-29GLASSPOINT SOLAR
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US Β· United States
Patent Type
Applications(United States)
Current Assignee / Owner
GLASSPOINT SOLAR
Publication Date
2013-08-29
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable Β· inactive patent

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Abstract

A protective transparent enclosure (such as a glasshouse or a greenhouse) encloses a concentrated solar power system. The concentrated solar power system includes one or more solar concentrators and one or more solar receivers. Thermal power is provided to an industrial process, electrical power is provided to an electrical distribution grid, or both. In some embodiments, the solar concentrators are parabolic trough concentrators with one or more lateral extensions. In some embodiments, the lateral extension is a unilateral extension of the primary parabolic trough shape. In some embodiments, the lateral extensions are movably connected to the primary portion. In some embodiments, the lateral extensions have a focal line separate from the focal line of the base portion. In some embodiments, the greenhouse is a Dutch Venlo style greenhouse.
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] Priority benefit claims for this application are made in the accompanying Application Data Sheet, Request, or Transmittal (as appropriate, if any). To the extent permitted by the type of the instant application, this application incorporates by reference for all purposes the following applications, all commonly owned with the instant application at the time the invention was made:

[0002] U.S. Provisional Application (Docket No. 310618-2001 and Ser. No. 61 / 149,292), filed Feb. 2, 2009, first named inventor Rod MacGregor, and entitled Concentrating Solar Power with Glasshouses;

[0003] U.S. Provisional Application (Docket No. CLEN-002 / 00US 310618-2002 and Ser. No. 61 / 176,041), filed May 6, 2009, first named inventor Peter Von Behrens, and entitled Concentrating PhotoVoltaics with Glasshouses;

[0004] PCT Application (Docket No. GP-09-01PCT and Serial No. PCT / US10 / 22780), filed Feb. 1, 2010, first named inventor Roderick MacGregor, and entitled Conc...

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