Mass Megawatts Wind Power, Inc. announced that the company's patent-pending, Concentrated Solar Power Tracking System (CST) has been enhanced to work with traditional, photovoltaic solar panel systems, as well as thermal-based Sterling engines, to significantly drive-down the cost of power generation. The recent innovations will set a new standard for low-cost and reliable energy production. Mass Megawatts reports the CST will generate 170% more energy than a traditional, non-tracking solar power system.

This provides a significant reduction in the cost of solar energy production, bringing it to a level well-below existing solar power technologies, as well as below fossil-fuel based power generation systems. The CST utilizes a low-cost, yet robust platform for concentrating the sun's rays directly onto a central solar panel or Sterling engine that will convert the reflected sunlight into energy. The CST has reflectors that are mounted on theimeter of a rotating, circular platform that continually adjusts its position to directly face the sun's rays throughout the day. This provides a greater level of sunlight to reach the centralized panels or Sterling engine to significantly increase the level of power production.

The company's innovative CST design solves a common problem with concentrated solar power systems that occurs when solar panels become overheated. The CST provides a heat shield for the panels that allows visible light waves to reach the panels while blocking the counter- productive, infrared heat-generating waves. This prevents the solar panels from overheating and maximizes solar power generation.

The Concentrated Solar Power with photovoltaic cells is projected to produce more than 170% more power output than a stationary project with the same amount of solar panels and without the tracker.