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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2013
Tenksolar, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Dallas W. Meyer, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Lowell J. Berg, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Kurt Korkowski, Carver, MN (US);
Lance E. Stover, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Thomas L. Murnan, Bloomington, MN (US);
Orville Dodd, Minneapolis, MN (US);
TENKSOLAR, INC., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
In an embodiment, a solar energy system includes multiple photovoltaic modules, each oriented substantially at a same angle relative to horizontal. The angle is independent of a latitude of an installation site of the solar energy system and is greater than or equal to 15 degrees. The solar energy system defines a continuous area within a perimeter of the solar energy system. The solar energy system is configured to capture at the photovoltaic modules substantially all light incoming towards the continuous area over an entire season.