Concentrating photovoltaic solar panel

A photovoltaic power system optimized for more power and less area comprising:

• a plurality of photovoltaic concentrator modules packed tightly in a two dimensional array in a manner to maximize reception of incident sunlight for each photovoltaic concentrator module with minimum shadow cast from other photovoltaic concentrator modules, and wherein each photovoltaic concentrator module comprises:
• a base,
• a plurality of side walls connected to the base, wherein the base and the plurality of side walls define an interior region of a main body portion,
• two cavities on the side walls that extend into the interior region, wherein each cavity has an attachment point,
• a tip articulating mechanism coupled to the attachment point in each cavity such that the tip articulating mechanism can articulate the photovoltaic concentrator module about a first axis that is substantially parallel to longest dimension of the photovoltaic concentrator module,
• a plurality of solar cells arranged in two rows and N columns and divided into two groups, wherein the solar cells in each two group of solar cells are electrically wired in series in a zig-zag pattern within the two rows and the N columns so that in the event of a shadow cast on any photovoltaic concentrator module, the total photocurrent for the first group of solar cells wired in a zig-zag pattern is substantially the same as the total photocurrent for the second group of the solar cells wired in a zig-zag pattern, and wherein said two groups of solar cells are electrically wired in parallel and include at least two output wires, wherein the zig-zag pattern comprises an mth solar cell in the first row and mth column being wired to a (m+1)th cell in the second row and (m+1)th column, and a kth cell in the second row and a kth column being wired to a (k+1)th cell in the first row and (k+1)th column, where N, m and k are integers and both m and k are between 1 and N, and
• one or more apertures located opposite the base, each aperture comprising a plurality of lenses positioned in said each aperture in a manner such that each lens is capable of directing incident light to a focus on a respective solar cell within the interior region of the main body portion;
• and
• a tilt articulating mechanism configured to articulate the plurality of photovoltaic concentrator modules about a second axis that is substantially perpendicular to the first axis, so that the plurality of photovoltaic concentrator modules are aligned with the sun and track the sun during the course of a day so that the incident sunlight is directly focused on a respective solar cell by a respective lens.