Parabolic trough solar collectors (PTCs) remain at the forefront of concentrated solar power technologies, converting solar irradiance into high-grade thermal energy through a curved reflective ...

An international team led by Armin Buchroithner from the Institute of Electrical Measurement and Sensor Systems at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) has developed a parabolic trough collector ...

A new experimental model is proposed and tested to enhance the ability of receivers of solar thermal dish collectors in absorbing solar energy. An innovative model consisting of a dual layer, ...

Abengoa Solar in early May began commercial operation of Solnova 1, the company’s first 50-MW parabolic trough plant. Covering 980,000 square feet with mirrors requiring an area totaling 280 acres ...

Currently, steam generation using solar energy mostly relies on optical concentration, which is a costly system, to generate the high temperature needed for water evaporation. Here, the development of ...

As the world searches for ways to produce energy without burning fossil fuel, there is increased interest in solar energy. One place associated with solar power experiments is the Sandia National ...

Modern solar collectors can concentrate only so much energy for safety's sake: too much in one place and they risk cooking themselves. An IBM-led group is working on a new collector dish that could ...

"I don't tan, I stroke." That's one of Woody Allen's great lines from his nights as a standup at The Bitter End back in the 1960s. I must admit that I have occasionally passed this bon mot off as my ...

Solar energy projects over the past few years have been predominantly based on photovoltaic (PV) cells. But given enough land and flat plate collectors, just about any size plant could be constructed.