How Green Companies are Cashing In (part 2 – Infinia)

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Building solar power systems with the help of auto manufacturers.

Infinia has persuaded top auto-parts suppliers (who are currently eager for work) to build solar power collectors using old auto engines.  The old-fashioned Stirling engines they are utilizing run as long as one end of the engine is kept hotter than the other, regardless of the source of heat.  Infinia can convert 24% of sunlight hitting an immense metallic dish into electricity with the Stirling as a generator, which is a better conversion rate than most solar panels have.

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