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Successful testing of the feasibility model (left) was followed by construction of the full-size, two-axis solar tracker (right), which requires less than 10 watts to drive it, produces 2 kilowatts of heat energy, and heats 100 gallons of water to 100 degrees F. in 8 hours of daylight (Patent No. 4,202,321).

Feasibility model for two-axis solar tracker Full-size, two-axis solar tracker

Behind the control console (below) are two 8 x 12 ft. solar stills, each of which alone desalinizes 18 gallons of salt water on an October day.

Two solar stills

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