Patent ID: 8314328

Claim:
A solar power collecting station, the station comprising: a solar converting station housing; a light concentrating assembly that amplifies inbound light and directs the light towards at least one solar power conversion assembly located within the housing; each solar power conversion assembly comprising: a power cell having a photovoltaic layer laminated upon a cell body, wherein a portion of the photovoltaic layer on the cell body is exposed to the inbound light and a portion of the photovoltaic layer on the cell body faces the lower surface of the station housing; a plurality of power cells assembled providing a rotational motion about an cell axis along a plane that is generally perpendicular to the concentrated direction of the light; and a drive apparatus engaging with the plurality of power cells causing the power cells to rotate about their longitudinal axis rotating each of the power cells, wherein the portion of the photovoltaic layer on the cell body previously directed to the lower surface of the station is rotated to be exposed to the incoming light and the photovoltaic layer on the cell body previously exposed to the incoming light is rotated to face the lower surface of the station.