Research and Development 

Integrative Solar is in the process of developing an engineering division with the capacity to design, manage, and monitor installations of large industrial and commercial solar flat plate photovoltaic arrays and Power Tower heliostatic solar thermal2electric projects. We have retained Tim Leonard, an ex-Sandia National Laboratory scientist and inventor, to assist development of this division. Tim has extensive experience in industrial solar PV as well as in solar thermal applications. Tim is arguably the most respected and accredited authority on solar tracking devices and controls in the world. Our engineering team is currently developing a new solar absorber plate that will compete with trough technology at a fraction of the installed cost. This new thermal solar collector can also be used to make lower grades of heat suitable for residential and commercial requirements and is light enough to be put on bi-axial tracking devices that will further enhance BTU output.

Integrative Solar is also happy to announce an R&D project regarding the development of a new type of solar thermal collector. This collector will utilize micro parabolic troughs, which will reflect the incoming sunlight onto a grid of copper piping. The piping will carry water, which will be vaporized into steam by the intense heat generated by the micro parabolic trough (MPT). It is the intent of Integrative Solar to compete in the parabolic trough market with this superior MPT technology, which will provide steam grade pressure capable of powering an electric producing turbine at a fraction of the cost of existing technology now being employed. Integrative Solar anticipates a beta model will be up and functioning by Q2 of 2010.