Groundbreaking New Solar Energy System – Too Good to be True?

The company Wavja claims to have developed a new method of converting sunlight into electricity that is much more efficient than currently existing solar cells. Are their claims too good to be true? What’s up with their strange spheres? I've had a look, and here is what I think.

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[arctic_haze]

This is an obvious scam. It reminds me of the time I was supposed to review an "artificial photosynthesis" project for a town which wanted to invest in it. The biggest red light was the claim that the system produces enough energy to power the UV lamps, which drive the photosynthesis. This is not how physics works. There were two scientists on the panel, and we both gave the same opinion, saving the town some money. And the funny thing was that I have been invited by the activists who wanted to sell the idea. They were honest people but duped by some "inventors". The other expert, invited by the town, was surprised that we agreed totally. But we were both physicists.

[LindyMover]

It's very clear. The solar energy system is using a turboencabulator. As you all may know, the turboencabulator has a base-plate of pre-famulated amulite, surmounted by a malleable logarithmic casing in such a way that the two spurving bearings are in a direct line with the panametric fan. The Turboencabulator is being successfully used in the operation of nofer trunnions. Moreover, whenever a barescent skor motion is required, it may be employed in conjunction with a drawn reciprocation dingle arm to reduce sinusoidal repleneration.

[peterknutsen]

5:34 It's like homeopathy. The smaller the lens opening, the greater the efficiency! Their launch product converts only 3000% of the incoming sunlight to electricity, but in a couple of years they'll start selling a new and improved version with a smaller lens opening that's 3500 or 4000% efficient. It's brilliant.

[nycbearff]

During WW II my dad worked in an army botanical biological warfare lab - and all of the interesting things in the lab were microscopic. Bigwigs would come through, look around, and wonder what all the money was being spent on, it looked like the researchers were just doing dull stuff with microscopes, petri dishes and bits of leaf. So dad and his co-workers made a big sciency construction on a corner table with various flasks and tubes and sputtering safety valves, and when a bigwig was expected they'd pop alka selzer in a couple of the flasks, turn on a Bunsen burner under another flask with colored water in it, and the whole thing would bubble and circulate liquid and make noise and look Very Important, which always made the bigwigs think they were getting their money's worth.

This looks like that kind of scam, aimed at investors.

[jdtransformation]

I’m an optical researcher in next-gen solar technologies… I saw their video a few weeks ago and was dumbfounded by the ludicrous claims that I couldn’t even begin to comment on their videos. Per usual, thx for doing the heavy-lifting, Sabine!

[tjeanneret]

It is highly refreshing to attend to your videos. No bla-bla, just facts, clearly and quietly presented. Thank you Sabine.

[Deltarious]

Hearing Sabine use "big if true" in the proper context with a dry delivery with only the mildest hint of sarcasm is extremely hilarious

[godsofentropy]

I love your humour! These three non-scam statements made me laugh at the end of the day. And as a former journalist I really appreciate finding all details that do not match their statements - like "V" in voltage meter or googling their marketing babble. That's how research should be done.

[Phase]

It reminds of those ads you see here on YT. You know the ones. One or two "engineers" at some company got sick of management ripping off the consumer and went out and invented "The Widget" which does everything 100 times better and for half the cost; and it's available now, but only online and its selling fast, so get in on it quick! Hey, if the solar cell works; make one and put in on display so people can see it does what you say. Otherwise ... it's a bit on the nose.

[yeroca]

I think it might be 200x more efficient at taking money and producing nothing. Solar cells aren't particularly good at producing nothing, unless they are broken.

[lzl]

What a coincidence I also had 3 things come to my mind immediately when seeing this.
1. It's a scam
2. It's a scam
3. it's totally a scam

[DanBurgaud]

5:15 If it sounds like a scam, smells like a scam, looks like a scam, then it is definitely a legit tech!

[MarcsYoutube]

They clearly aimed to build a Dyson sphere, but totally forgot that it has to fit a sun inside. Their icosahedra seem small, even for dwarf star.

[myloveisreal]

Hm, well I do need some new decorations for the Christmas tree..

[davidn]

From the drawing it seems like they are going to make the absurd claim that photons enters the sphere then reflect around hitting solar cells mounted inside the sphere creating electricity on each reflection. Totally absurd since photons need to be absorbed to knock electrons free. I hope no one loses their money with these scoundrels.

[edreusser]

It's very stinky. Anytime people make claims that break the laws of physics, I tend to get uninterested really fast.

[jamesburian]

"Flux Capacitor. 1.21 Gigawatts!" 😊

[ericaschner]

I love how he's supposedly founded half a dozen tech startups in different areas, is an expert in photonics, and has a title of esquire. Really inspires confidence that he's shit in a lot of different areas instead of just the one.

[ZappyOh]

Just make really big spheres, and live inside them ... that way you get both power and a house.
That's 200% efficiency.

[garywheeler]

Now we see what the ancient Roman Dodecahedron was really about! It wasn't about knitting gloves, it was an over unity solar power generator that works in all weather(!)