Bright 13 year old Designs Novel Solar Array

[Andy9o8 2]

Go get 'em, kid!

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203550304577138511287470508.html?mod=WSJ_hp_mostpop_read

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I applause the kid's intellectual curiosity.

I am saddened he doesn't seem to be able to articulate what the advantages might actually be; a smoothing out of the power gathered over the course of the day.

Whereas a normal fixed solar panel array has a definite peak, his arrangement would provide for a more consistent amount of power from sun up to sun down.

Is it more efficient compared to the normal configuration's peak? No way.

Is that more efficient over the course of the entire day? Maybe.

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[shah269 0]

Smart kid!
WOW some people really hate green energy!

Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay.

The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

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Smart kid!

Well, sure, to you it probably seems like magic what with him being able to actually figure out how many solar panels make a watt.

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[shah269 0]

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Smart kid!

Well, sure, to you it probably seems like magic what with him being able to actually figure out how many solar panels make a watt.

neh meh meh
I was asking how many solar cells you would need to hit 1,000kW/h
Way more complex

Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay.

The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

[billvon 3,080]

>I was asking how many solar cells you would need to hit 1,000kW/h

How many horsepower do you need to get to Vegas?

[JerryBaumchen 1,446]

Hi Andy,

Hmmmm, didn't I post something about this kid a month or so ago?



JerryBaumchen

PS) Lawyers; sheesh.

[Andy9o8 2]

I dunno; didja?

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>I was asking how many solar cells you would need to hit 1,000kW/h

How many horsepower do you need to get to Vegas?

One. Be sure to take plenty of water and grain.

My reality and yours are quite different.
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
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[popsjumper 2]

Sad puppy that won't let even a 13 year old kid enjoy his moment in the sun.
*shaking head*

My reality and yours are quite different.
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239

[skydiver30960 0]

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Sad puppy that won't let even a 13 year old kid enjoy his moment in the sun.
*shaking head*

Chastising through a pun: well played, sir.

Elvisio "no valuable contribution to the thread to be found in this post whatsoever" Rodriguez

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Sad puppy that won't let even a 13 year old kid enjoy his moment in the sun.
*shaking head*

You've missed the point, as did the reporter.

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[VectorBoy 0]

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Smart kid!
WOW some people really hate green energy!

No such thing as green power in an atmosphere, like here. In order to make up for "free" solar's lack of reliability issues the fossil burners have to be on in spinning reserve mode to back it up just in case a cloud happens. The fossil burners are not efficient ( or clean) at lower loads. Think running your cars engine in second gear until 4th ,5th and 6th are required to get you there.

Don't even get me going on how "green" windmills horizon to horizon are. If you are worth your salt as a mechanical engineer you can figure a lot of machinery requiring huge maintenance for very little actual generation spread across a huge landscape " oh how natuaral"

[JohnMitchell 16]

When I first saw the articles on this kid, I couldn't see how his "tree" structure was an improvement. I guess I don't feel so dumb anymore. But neither should he. He's obviously a bright kid with an inquisitive mind. There are many false starts on the road to progress.

[Arvoitus 1]

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Smart kid!
WOW some people really hate green energy!

No such thing as green power in an atmosphere, like here. In order to make up for "free" solar's lack of reliability issues the fossil burners have to be on in spinning reserve mode to back it up just in case a cloud happens. The fossil burners are not efficient ( or clean) at lower loads. Think running your cars engine in second gear until 4th ,5th and 6th are required to get you there.

Don't even get me going on how "green" windmills horizon to horizon are. If you are worth your salt as a mechanical engineer you can figure a lot of machinery requiring huge maintenance for very little actual generation spread across a huge landscape " oh how natuaral"

You can back them up with nukes. Although I do agree that windmills are mostly a scam supported by tax payer money and the only real 'green' energy tech is nukes.

Your rights end where my feelings begin.

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>I was asking how many solar cells you would need to hit 1,000kW/h

How many horsepower do you need to get to Vegas?

What colour horse?

(.)Y(.)
Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[VectorBoy 0]

You can back them up with nukes. Although I do agree that windmills are mostly a scam supported by tax payer money and the only real 'green' energy tech is nukes.

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.....There is nothing green about huge stock piles of low grade spent fuel nobody wants to dispose of.

Wait a minute...doesn't uranium radiate with a soft, touchy-feely green glow? Does that qualify for green energy?

My reality and yours are quite different.
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239

[JerryBaumchen 1,446]

Hi Andy,

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didja?

Yup,

JerryBaumchen

[riddler 0]

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Wait a minute...doesn't uranium radiate with a soft, touchy-feely green glow? Does that qualify for green energy?

You're thinking of Gamma Rays, courtesy of Marvel Comics. They also turn you into a large, muscular but mildly stupid superhuman.

Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

[popsjumper 2]

Ahhhh....funny how a brain picks out random stuff and applies new thoughts to it. Short circuit in the memory banks.

(there we go again....I first typed "mammary" banks.)


Unasked for advice: Never get old.

My reality and yours are quite different.
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239

[SkyDekker 1,465]

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You've missed the point, as did the reporter.

No, I am pretty sure you are missing the point. I'll give you a hint, it isn't in the science part of the story.