Economic solar electricity panel system

A device for producing electricity from solar energy including:

• at least one photovoltaic converter to convert solar energy into electrical energy;
• a transparent plastic solar energy concentrator including:
• at least one front cylindrical surface for facing a source of solar energy;
• and
• a back surface generally parallel to said at least one photovoltaic converter, whereby the solar energy is concentrated while passing through said transparent solar energy concentrator;
• and
• a mechanism for moving said at least one photovoltaic converter in an arculate path with respect to said transparent solar energy concentrator to keep the solar energy falling on said at least one photovoltaic converter for a portion of the sun's transit across the sky.

A low cost device for location as a commercial electricity producer including:

• a case;
• an array of solar concentrators in fixed positions in said case having a concentration ratio;
• a plurality of strips of photovoltaic cells movable with respect to said array of solar concentrators, said array of solar concentrators including:
• rows of curved surfaces positioned laterally with respect to the earth;
• and
• an opposite relatively flat surface positioned generally perpendicular to the sun at mid-morning and mid-afternoon at the equinox;
• and
• a movement control to move said plurality of strips of photovoltaic cells in an arculate path and generally parallel to said array of solar concentrators to direct solar energy onto said plurality of strips of photovoltaic cells as the sun moves across the sky.