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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2008
Mikhail Kats, Rockaway, NJ (US);
Travis Dodd, Albuquerque, NM (US);
James Sherman, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Peter Allen Zawadzki, Clinton, NJ (US);
Gary Hering, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Mikhail Kats, Rockaway, NJ (US);
Travis Dodd, Albuquerque, NM (US);
James Sherman, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Peter Allen Zawadzki, Clinton, NJ (US);
Gary Hering, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Emcore Solar Power, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (US);
Abstract
A terrestrial concentrator solar tracking photovoltaic array that may include an elongated frame configured to mount concentrator solar cell modules in a longitudinally-extending and spaced-apart arrangement. The frame is able to rotate each of the concentrator solar cell modules along a first axis to simultaneously track the elevation of the sun during the course of a day. The frame is also able to rotate each concentrator solar cell array module along second axes that are substantially perpendicular to the first axis to track the azimuthal position of the sun during the course of the day.