By Smartsolar

It is amazing how like-minded technologists come with similar solutions! We at SmartSolar developed a wind turbine/solar PV combination and are proud to report that after consistently applying the hit & miss method we have no lethal solar ray problems. However, we did face other issues: since we concentrate the solar beams a high temperature was created on the tube on top of the system. This tube also doubles as a bird landing zone so we had to find a solution to avoid frying our feathered friends.

The solution was to send cold water through the tube. And coincidentally this also increased the yield of the solar PV system! It is amazing how a cow catches a hare (sorry folks, this is Double Dutch).

It would be interesting to meet Dr. King to discuss the merits of how our designs will save the world. Ireland would be a great location, it is the only place in the world where I like the draft Guinness.

We were, by the way, so impressed with our ingenious wind/solar solution that we entered it in the General Electric ECOmagination competition. Have a peek at http://tinyurl.com/smartwind and if you like it: VOTE FOR US PLEASE!