A solar energy collector suitable for use in a solar energy collection
system. The collector may have a plurality of reflector panels, a support
structure that supports the reflector panels in a manner that defines a
pair of adjacent reflector troughs, each trough having a base, a pair of
reflective side walls and a trough aperture suitable for receiving
incident sunlight during operation of the collector, a plurality of solar
receivers positioned generally adjacent an edge of an associated trough
and including at least one photovoltaic cell, wherein the reflector
panels are arranged to direct incident sunlight towards the solar
receivers using a single reflection during operation of the collector,
and a frame that is coupled to the support structure near the bases of
the troughs to define a closed reflector support truss framework.