Scientists in India have built a solar-powered thermic solar geyser prototype based on a nichrome wire heating rod and a ...

A research team in the United Kingdom has looked at how the combination of photovoltaics and solar thermal (ST) energy could improve the efficiency and viability of different solar desalination ...

On a much larger scale, solar-thermal power plants employ various techniques to concentrate the sun's energy as a heat source. The heat is then used to boil water to drive a steam turbine that ...

Grid access remains a problem. While the share of renewable capacity in China's power mix has risen, its share of power ...

Solar thermal technology [1], is promising for both small and utility scale renewable energy systems and solar thermionics [2] is an emerging technology where solar energy heats a metal such that ...

And come next year, when Ivanpah flips the on switch, it will nearly double the amount of solar thermal energy produced in the United States. Mark Strauss | | Read More ...

The project aims to address the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions amidst the rise in extreme weather events linked to climate change. By focusing on electrification using renewable energy ...