This site is dedicated to DIY and Artisan development of Solar Fire Concentration.
See SolarFire.co for commercial and industrial services.

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New site www.solarfire.co launched!

Friday 18 January 2013
Posted by Eerik Wissenz

We’re pleased to announce the launch of our new site solarfire.co for represent the commercial and industrial services of our social enterprise, Solar Fire Concentration ldt.

We believe local, cheap and high power solar thermal has a huge potential in Southern countries. These last years we have developed our reflectors in open source as much as possible.

But to go faster and spread it to a maximum of people, only industrial development can make it in the short time we have.

SFCO ldt has been created to bring these techniques to industry in the most fair and renewable way while maintaining the work we have done here.

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Presentation at Cohabitat

Wednesday 16 January 2013
Posted by Eerik Wissenz

Solar Fire’s presentation at Cohabitat recently went on line:

Introduction to Solar Fire Concept

Also, one important subject mentioned was black smoke (which solar fire does not have), since this talk new evidence has emerged that smoke is even more important factor than previously estimated.

Check it out the video for solar concentration may help solve some of our many problems.

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Solar Fire Presentation at OK Festival

Monday 24 September 2012
Posted by Eva Wissenz

20th of September - Open Knowledge Festival

Here is the presentation by Will, Eerik and Urs.

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Construction montage n 12 — fitting the facets

Friday 21 September 2012
Posted by Eerik Wissenz (Date of earlier publishing: 6 September 0).

We were so excited to show montage 13 that shows the (almost) final machine, that we forgot number 12.

This video shows the crucial stage of mounting the mirrors and seeing if they converge on the target. The method works!

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Urs at the OkFestival in Finland

Wednesday 19 September 2012
Posted by Will Cleaver

Thanks to Ino from Global Anchor, we have been invited to that festival.

As an introduction to the OkFestival in Helsinki, Finland. See the video of Urs starting the conversation in the main Auditorium. Stay tuned for more footage of us presenting Solar Fire here on the 20-9-2012.

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Solar Fire in 3 minutes!

Using only hand tools and wood or bamboo, Solar Fire can be built almost anywhere!

The Solar Fire concentrator requires no exotic or rare material, can displace large amounts of wood or coal carbon burning, can be built with hand-tools or mass-produced for industry needs, and reaches high powers and temperatures required for most thermal processes. It is entirely detachable and recyclable, which makes also its construction eco-friendly. These qualities give it a large potential to be used massively anywhere in the world where there is sunlight.
Read "The thermal problem".

Events

Green Future Building
Heckmondwike, UK
December 7th - 8th, 2012
The conference was about integrating socially disadvantaged in businesses, and Solar Fire was there as a social enterprise to present its technology.

CoHabitat
Łódź, Poland
October 13th - 14th, 2012
Solar Fire will be presenting our vision of thermal problem and the latest hand-craft build.

Open Knowledge Festival
Helsinki, Finland
September 20th, 2012
Solar Fire presented our latest work in Switzerland.