Q and A Can you use a magnifying glass to focus sunlight on a
module? Yes. There are newer technologies coming out that do
just that. They are called Concentrating Photovoltaic (CPV)
systems. The system uses lenses or mirrors and a tracking system
to focus the sunlight into a concentrated beam of light. This
beam of light is focused on a very small, highly efficient solar
cell. It’s just like the cell on regular crystalline modules,
but much smaller and more powerful.