After more than a decade of hibernation, parabolic trough concentrated solar power (CSP) has emerged from its slumber with a mighty roar. Large new parabolic trough CSP power plants have recently ...

The world's largest parabolic trough solar plant will be built in Arizona, thanks in part to a huge loan from the Department of Energy.

A mirror alignment measurement device may soon make one of the most popular solar collector systems, parabolic troughs, more affordable and energy efficient.

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 ...

The plant will be operated by APS, Arizona's largest electric utility, based in Phoenix. “Solar thermal parabolic trough power plants have the potential to be an important source of renewable energy ...

Abengoa Solar is building large-scale parabolic trough solar installations in Arizona and New York. The hot water produced at the Arizona plant will be used in the treatment of contaminated water. In ...

Upon completion, the combined thermal energy storage of the solar tower and parabolic trough plants will allow for 24/7 energy availability, with each parabolic trough CSP plant possessing an ...

South Africa’s 25 largest solar power plants contribute just under 2,100MW of capacity to the grid — enough to prevent two stages of load-shedding if they’re operating at peak capacity.

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 ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Researchers have shown how to modify commercially available silicon wafers into a structure that efficiently absorbs solar energy and withstands the high temperatures needed for ...

Investing is a long-term endeavor, but if you're looking for the next potential parabolic tech play, you might want to start by considering unloved stocks that have obvious flaws and are heavily ...

Scientists in Morocco have designed a new bifacial module with a cooling system, based on bifacial parabolic solar cells that are connected to each other via tubes for panel cooling. They are now ...