Maryland-based Solar Wind Energy, Inc. is looking to turn wind power on its head with its Solar Wind Downdraft Tower that places turbines at the base of a tower and generates its own wind to turn ...

Though solar thermal tower technology has been around since the 1970s, ... (500F) to turn an electricity-generating turbine. But it will be much larger: Using 1,255 heliostats, ...

1.291 mirrored heliostats and a 54 story high tower the World's largest solar power tower plant located near Seville in Spain in now on line generating 20 megawatts (MW) of electricity, enough to ...

The world's second-tallest structure, if it is built as planned, will be a 2,600-foot chimney for a solar power plant in the Arizona desert. An Australian company, EnviroMission, says it has a way ...

A 200-foot tower stands centered in front of a field of rotating mirrors on the southern edge of Albuquerque, New Mexico. It’s the National Solar Thermal Test Facility, operated by Sandia ...

The first stage of the solar power station, known as PS10, is a 300ft tall tower surrounded by 624 solar panels which will produce enough energy to power 60,000 homes.

Solar-powered turning tower to be ‘timeless’ Time Residences, the world’s first rotating tower, is to be ... The 30 floor structure, located in the City of Arabia, will make a full 360 degree turn in ...

Down under, they're all over alternative energy - starting with a 1,600-foot-tall "solar tower" that can power a small city. By Todd Woody , Business 2.0 Magazine assistant managing editor October ...

The Solar Two power station in California harnessed sunlight to generate up to 10 megawatts of power until it was shut down in 1999. Now, it's being reborn--as an optical telescope. Skip to content ...

Telecom tower companies are actively exploring and implementing solar power solutions for telecom base stations, particularly in off-grid and remote locations, with pilot projects also occurring ...

This is the great solar tower of Ashalim, one of the tallest structures in Israel and, until recently, the tallest solar power plant in the world. “It’s like a sun,” said Eli Baliti, a ...