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Following the recent stay on using large swatches of desert land for solar power,the industry is now finding other means to tap into solar power.RawSolar,an MIT based startup is planning to commercialize its solar concentrator that is easily scalable and can also be built on small swatches of land.RawSolar’s design goes back to the basic model of a solar concentrator,which is essentially a parabolic reflective surface to concentrate sunlight.This approach however requires expensive machining methods to achieve the precise shape of concentrator. RawSolar’s patented design,eliminates need for such expensive manufacturing methods without compromising on the performance.
Matt Ritter,cofounder of RawSolar is currently planning for a first round of funding and hopes to get ready with a pilot installation by year end.
