Comments on: Which Are The Lightest, Available Solar Panels At The Moment?

By: Wilhelmo

Wilhelmo — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 03:32:55 +0000

Contact your Chamber of Commerce; they will give you all possible manufacturers and there you may be able to find out whatever you wish.

By: Franky

Franky — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:10:42 +0000

Look at Solarworld or I think Nordex, maybe they have some special solarcells for you. Solarworld is very good by the way.
Franky

By: ehjacks

ehjacks — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:17:05 +0000

i heard about new solar panels being made to replace skyscapers widows that are very light but i read it in the science world mag u might wanna check tha site

By: Bernie R

Bernie R — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:13:42 +0000

Just do a Google search for Solar panels. A typical panel produced by Siemens generates 110 watts. The weight with a frame is 11.5kgs.
it is 1.3m by .66m. This panel would produce .147 HP. (1watt = .00134HP). Not very much.
Good Luck!

By: LauraSF

LauraSF — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:22:02 +0000

Cool Earth Solar does something like what you’re describing. They use a balloon to capture solar energy, and they send the energy to a power plant. I think it’s still under development. http://www.coolearthsolar.com/
Other companies are trying to create thin-film panels (among them, Nanosolar, which is already selling its products), but thin-film panels tend to be brittle and wouldn’t work on a blimp.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:54:24 +0000

Rule of Thumb for sizing Solar Panels: figure out the average current draw of the remote device that you need to power in Milliamps (MA). We’re assuming a 12 VDC system. Pick a solar panel with a current rating of at least 10 times this number. Example: your remote Solar Panels device draws 6 MA average. Pick a solar panel of at least 60MA output current, or to calculate power (watts) would be 60MA x 12 VDC = 720 MW which is 7.2 watts so a 10 watt panel will work great for this system.
Current weight is 3.3 lbs.http://www.rickly.com/gsa/SolarPanels.ht…