This makes much more focused light come to each solar cell making the cells vastly more efficient.
Fresnel lens solar panel.
A fresnel lens from the front.
Solar concentrators put one of these lenses on top of every solar cell.
The cutting edge design of fresnel lens and solar panels generates superior amount of electricity with customized lens size and incidence angle.
Ultimately the cost of solar cell is several times lower than normal capacity which provides maximum benefits to the user.
Concentrators work best when there is a single source of light and the concentrator can be pointed right at it.
The 30mw plant near alamosa colorado uses 504 tracking panels each with a 60kw capacity.
The largest fresnel concentrating solar power plant opened in 2012.