TOMSK, Mar 30 – RIA Tomsk. Tomsk scientists have won a grant on development of "clever" solar power stations, which will be durable, environmentally friendly and suitable for work in reserves, the press service of Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) has reported.
It is specified that the tender for creation of production of power plants was won by scientists from TPU, Mikran research and production company and Institute of atmospheric optics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science."The project assumes development of the solar power stations scaled on power. The installed solar panels will be equipped with intellectual system of tracking the Sun that will allow them to work more effectively", – the press service of TPU reports.
The project is till 2018, the grant sum is 260 million rubles.
It is noted that Tomsk devices will be more precisely than the existing analogs, and also with longer service life – to 30 years.
According to TPU, similar power plants will be demanded in remote areas or places, where it is undesirable to use other ways of obtaining energy – for example, in natural reserves or zones of ecotourism. Besides, if to replace accumulators with antenna arrangements, stations can be used for supervision over the Sun and other celestial bodies.