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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Solar power |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Headquarters | 2880 Zanker Road ste 203,San Jose,CA, 95134United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Edmund Kelly(President) |
| Products | solar (PV) kites |
| Website | stratosolar.com |
Stratosolar[1]is astartup corporation created to develop buoyant stratospheric platforms for collecting solar energy. They have applied for two patents.
The current concept, "StratoSolar PV" envisions photovoltaic cells lifted above the clouds by means of lighter-than-air gas bags,[2]with up to 3.5X more power produced (per unit area) than ground-basedsolar arrays due to better exposure and also loweroperating temperature.[3]
The original concept was to concentrate and direct light concentrated by a buoyantcassegrain reflector telescope structure down a buoyant reflective pipe[4] to the ground for use in conventional steam turbine power generation.
In both cases, minimal land use compared to earth-basedphotovoltaics is a stated benefit.
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