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  1. Newsgroups: sci.energy
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!gumby!wupost!slustl!guy
  3. From: guy@slustl.slu.edu (Guy Smith)
  4. Subject: Photovoltaic enhancement
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov16.185648.5492@slustl.slu.edu>
  6. Organization: Saint Louis University  Saint Louis, MO
  7. Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 18:56:48 GMT
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  10. A student raised the question of enhancing the power output
  11. of photovoltaics by using mirrors to focus sunlight on a
  12. panel, increasing its effective area. This could certainly
  13. reduce the effective cost of photovoltaics but what are
  14. the practical aspects of this approach. How much solar
  15. flux can a panel handle? would the increased heating degrade
  16. the panels or reduce efficiency? Other?
  17.