Large new parabolic trough CSP power plants have recently opened or soon will open in the United States and Europe. Arizona Public Service has announced plans to build the 280 MW Solana generating ...

The world's largest parabolic trough facilities, located in the Mojave Desert near Barstow, Calif., consist of nine plants producing 354 megawatts of power at peak output. The plants range in size ...

The US Department of Energy just finalized a $1.45 billion loan guarantee to Abengoa Solar Inc.’s Solana project in Arizona which, when completed, will be the world’s largest parabolic trough ...

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 ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. &#151 APS, Solargenix Inc. and Schott North America Inc. on Saturday (April 22) will commemorate the completion of the first solar thermal parabolic trough power plant in Arizona.

Parabolic Trough Collector (PTC): A solar concentrator that utilises a parabolic-shaped reflector to focus sunlight onto a receiver tube, thereby converting solar radiation into thermal 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 ...

SHANGHAI, June 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Shanghai Electric ("Shanghai Electric" or "the Company") (601727.SS and 02727.HK) announced that the first molten salt tank hydro test for the Parabolic ...

Researchers at Purdue University created this 2-inch silicon wafer coated with thin films of tantalum and silicon nitride for enhanced solar absorption. The solar absorber was designed for use in ...