Device and method for solar power generation

A method of converting solar radiation to electrical power, the method comprising:

• receiving light at a reflective surface of a first reflector element;
• reflecting the light with the reflective surface towards a photovoltaic receptor having an active face and a reverse face opposite the active face, the photovoltaic receptor positioned in a holding cavity of a holder such that a central longitudinally extending band of the active face is exposed through a slit, wherein the holder is coupled to a second reflector element spaced apart from the first reflector element, wherein reflecting the light includes concentrating the light onto the central longitudinally extending band of the active face through the slit;
• and
• holding a photovoltaic receptor in the holding cavity with a pair of webs extending from the reverse face of the photovoltaic receptor toward the active face along opposite side edges of the photovoltaic receptor and with a pair of projections extending from the pair of webs, transverse to the webs, and terminating at distal projection ends which define the slit.

A photovoltaic device comprising:

• a first reflector element;
• a second reflector element spaced apart from and substantially parallel to the first reflector element, the second reflector element having a concave reflective surface facing the first reflector element;
• a photovoltaic receptor mounted on the first reflector element by a mounting arrangement, the photovoltaic receptor comprising an active surface configured to receive solar radiation reflected from the second reflector element;
• and
• a heat sink configured to at least partially thermally isolate the photovoltaic receptor from the first reflector element.