Has anyone ever heard of a stirling engine? I think it is possible to convert a gas one into a stirling engine if you get a 5 horse power one then you can read this wikipedia page to get an idea of how to make enough energy to power the thing during the day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_thermal_energy#High-temperature_collectors
Scroll down to "Dish Designs" and read
"A parabolic solar dish concentrating the sun's rays on the heating element of a Stirling engine. The entire unit acts as a solar tracker."
There are videos on youtube of a stirling engine being powered by a solid steel heating element tube and a fresnal lense, now extend the heating tube a great length, make it completely solid so it holds more heat, and you have alot of energy to work with for powering your house provided you follow the trough formation as the article describes and have enough fresnal lenses
Heat storage can also be increased various ways if you research it to get energy at night
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_thermal_energy#High-temperature_collectors
Scroll down to "Dish Designs" and read
"A parabolic solar dish concentrating the sun's rays on the heating element of a Stirling engine. The entire unit acts as a solar tracker."
There are videos on youtube of a stirling engine being powered by a solid steel heating element tube and a fresnal lense, now extend the heating tube a great length, make it completely solid so it holds more heat, and you have alot of energy to work with for powering your house provided you follow the trough formation as the article describes and have enough fresnal lenses
Heat storage can also be increased various ways if you research it to get energy at night