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

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 ...

Solar collector fields, which include parabolic‐trough and concentrated solar power systems, are pivotal for harnessing renewable energy at scale. Their operation demands robust and adaptive control ...

Conventional photovoltaic-thermal (PV-T) collectors have coupled electrical and thermal outputs, limiting the temperature of ...

Researchers have created a device to produce electricity and steam at the same time. The system is said to offer 85.1% efficiency and deliver steam at up to 248 degrees Celsius. The converter combines ...

3M has started up what it says is the world’s largest aperture solar parabolic trough, in partnership with Gossamer Space Frames, as an addition to the 400-acre Sunray Energy facility in Daggett, ...

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 ...

The ultra-high-efficiency novel hybrid solar converter has a double-mirror design A project team led by GTI to develop a hybrid solar collector that simultaneously generates electricity and ...