Solar energy is used to produce electricity in two different ways namely, using photovoltaic systems and solar concentrators. In concentrated solar power technology, mirrors with tracking systems are ...

Discover how China's Dunhuang Phase II solar power plant is transforming solar energy by generating electricity around the clock with innovative molten salt storage. This video explores the evolution ...

The Ivanpah solar plant, a large-scale concentrated solar power project, is set to close due to the cost-effectiveness of photovoltaic solar panels. The plant's closure has ignited a political debate ...

EU-funded researchers are looking to hot air to overcome the supply and demand issues faced by solar energy and ease the clean energy transition. As the world shifts toward renewable energy, one major ...

Concentrated solar power (CSP) technologies harness solar radiation through reflective devices to generate high-temperature heat, which is subsequently converted to electricity. Widely deployed ...

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 ...

The 3-plant, $9 billion Noor-Ouarzazate CSP (Concentrated Solar Power) complex called NOOR will reduce carbon emissions by 760,000 tons a year Media reports reveal that the first phase of the largest ...

Scientists at the Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico are testing a new method of asteroid tracking using the heliostat mirrors at concentrated solar farms. Though these mirrors usually sit ...

Across a swath of parched farmland in California’s Central Valley, one of the world’s biggest solar farms is moving from idea to reality, promising to turn fallowed fields into a new kind of power ...

There is a blinding beacon of light at the top of a tower in the middle of the Mojave Desert. It’s a solar power facility called Ivanpah. It’s been supplying enough juice to power 140,000 homes for ...

Saudi researchers outlined pathways for Saudi Arabia to reach net-zero power sector emissions by 2060, requiring up to 3.6% of land - mostly for onshore wind - with 151.3 GW of solar PV covering only ...