A Swedish research team believes it found the breakthrough renewables was looking for, a solar thermal fuel that can store the sun’s energy for up to 18 years.Hydrocarbons, in part, became the world’s...
Reported from CSPPLAZA: China becomes the eighth country in the world to own large-scale commercial CSP plant with the operation of CGN Delingha 50MW parabolic trough CSP plant.Chinese people now have...
Reported from CSPPLAZA: Recently, Jiangsu Suzhou Tongli high-temperature phase change CSP generation system has been put into operation, in which two sets of dish mirrors, a set of 300kWh high-tempera...
Reported from CSPPLAZA: Recently, the 9MWe linear Fresnel DSG thermal power station developed by SUNCIM, a subsidiary of French Industrial Group CNIM, has begun solar field commissioning and...
Scientists have developed a new material and manufacturing process that would make one way to use solar power — as heat energy — more efficient in generating electricity.Credit: Purdue University illu...
Composite materials that combine metals and ceramics have been developed for many different applications, such as use in wear-resistant surfaces for tools and engine parts, electrical components and e...
The Shams 1 solar power plant, a joint venture between Masdar and France’s Total, is generating electricity to power 20,000 homes and playing a vital role in meeting the UAE’s energy demand, a top off...
With seven new projects, NREL will elevate research in concentrating solar power (CSP). The projects are funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) through a Nat...