Cool Earth Solar's solution: big party balloons!

Energy - 2012

Cool Earth Solar's solution: big party balloons!

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Solar panels have long been considered the primary source of collecting solar power, but are hindered by not bringing enough in to satisfy demands. Enter into the picture Cool Earth Solar. Their solutions are huge balloon-like objects that will capture the sun's heat. Cool Earth Solar Chief Executive Rob Lamkin prefers to describe his company's innovation not as a balloon but "an inflated solar concentrator that's made of thin-film plastic." That's the same type of material used to make bags for Lay's potato chips and PowerBars, and at $2 for two pounds of plastic, it'll help Cool Earth deliver solar energy at a projected cost of $1 a watt.

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