Vast’s latest ARENA grant will underwrite at least half of what it needs to build the concentrated solar project.

Solar panels have gotten so cheap that the plant, born of an old attempt at harnessing the power of the sun, appears to be obsolete.

In the solar tower power plant, a volumetric receiver at the top of the tower absorbs the concentrated sunlight and uses it to heat the surrounding air to up to 700 degrees Celsius. A steam generator ...

This is China's new dual-tower solar thermal plant ... the solar thermal power plant uses the heat to turn water into steam.

Australia’s Vast Renewables has completed a first-of-its-kind concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) receiver tower, one of the ... the smaller towers, we can turn that one off and keep ...

Another technique uses moveable mirrors to focus the sun's rays on a collector tower, where a receiver sits. Molten salt flowing through the receiver is heated to run a generator. Other solar ...

Inside the solar tower, there is a solar receiver with an ... "The inauguration of Dawn marks the beginning of the era of solar fuels — a turning point for sustainable transportation.

Powerchina has switched on a 100 MW solar tower in South Africa. The concentrated solar power (CSP) project will supply 480 GWh of clean energy to the country’s power grid each year. The system ...