This is a really good article.

The basics of it is that the sun powers some motors to compress and cool air to around 68 degrees; that’s cool enough for me. But not only does it cool it heats- so this just keeps getting better.

The idea works on the premise of whether it’s hot or cold the system should be able to pump out air at 68 degrees; which is perfect a lot of the time.

Solar power run the motors and compress the air and pump it through the enclosure.

The core of the system is the so-called Schukey motor which transforms the sun’s rays into cool air for comfortable buildings. It produces one kilowatt hour of coolness for five cents. By way of contrast, conventional air conditioners burn through 12 to 14 cents per kilowatt hour.

With everyone on a GREEN kick right now this makes this technology very attractive.

The market for clean air-conditioning, by contrast, is enormous. The International Energy Agency (IEA) expects the demand for air-conditioning units in Europe to grow by more than 10 percent by 2020 as a result of climate change. Solar-powered units could cover the need without increasing CO2 emissions and could help to reduce the effect on the climate. At the same time it could reduce the midday spikes in electricity use and stabilize the grid.

Of course the issue is getting the units to market and producing more unit’s like it, creating competition; driving the costs down and making the systems more consumer friendly.

If the big players were to take a greater interest in pursuing solar-powered units, then it would promote the commercialization of the chillers. These companies have the financial means for rapid innovation, big factories and marketing campaigns. They don’t have to actually invent the cooling machines themselves. They could cooperate with the innovative smaller companies, which have been developing the technology in recent years. Companies like EAW, SK Sonnenklima or Sortech have either already produced small numbers of cooling machines or else are on the brink of beginning production.

I really think this is very impressive and if we could start using things more efficiently things would be much better.

Credit: BusnessWeek

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