Solar weather activity is now expected to increase.
Solar panel nasa spinoff.
In the late 1970s entech inc of keller texas developed a solar power concentrator for terrestrial applications that was spun into a concentrator for space in the early 1980s.
Released on thursday by nasa the newest images from hubble show.
Nearly 25 years later the company has gone back to its terrestrial roots with a new concentrator that is a direct spinoff from its space technology.
Nasa developed a special type of barcode for inventory of space shuttle and other space system components but this should not be mistaken for the original barcode found on consumer goods today.
In fact what one would normally identify as the panel is actually a series of curved mirrors called solar concentrators engineered to reflect sunlight rather than absorb it.
Nevertheless nasa has made extensive use of solar panels in many of its missions and the agency has contributed to a number of advances in solar power technologies over the years which have resulted in many spinoffs.
Nasa just announced that our sun began a new solar cycle this year its 25th to be exact after reaching a solar minimum in december 2019.
Nasa technology if you visit glenn research center you might encounter a photovoltaic pv array that looks unlike anything you ve ever seen.