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I thought this ingenious invention might interest some folk on here:

The SunSaluter is a solar panel rotator designed for the developing world. Using only the power of gravity with a water clock, the SunSaluter enables a solar panel to passively follow the sun throughout the day, boosting energy output by 30% and producing four liters of clean drinking water.

https://www.sunsaluter.org/

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[โ€“] callcc 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I beg to differ. But one axis is definitely better than zero axes.

[โ€“] DontRedditMyLemmy 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Earth rotation is, by definition, about a single axis. Therefore you only need one to track it. You are neglecting the possibility of an array normal that isn't perpendicular to the axis of rotation.