First Suncatcher solar dishes to be used in Arizona

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The highly reflective Suncatcher dish can concentrate as much as 94% of the sun's energy into the Stirling engine

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Sophisticated software ensures that the dish is always pointing towards the sun

Suncatcher technology has recently achieved the highest sun-to-grid conversion efficiency

The highly efficient, tried and tested Stirling Engine

Article Summary

Tessera Solar and Salt River Project have just announced that they'll partner to construct a 1.5 megawatt solar generation installation in Peoria, Arizona. The proposed output from the Maricopa Solar LLC project might not sound too impressive, but when combined with the news that the 60 dish installation represents a template for much bigger operations to come and will be the first commercial plant to use Suncatcher technology - things just got interesting.

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