The good people of GoSol have spent years trying to eradicate energy poverty by bringing solar energy to the masses. To that end, they have just released a free solar concentrator (Sol1) construction ...

Imagine a world where everybody could harness free and powerful energy from the sun with local materials. Solar Fire Concentration Ltd (SFCO) hopes to help supply solar thermal energy to alleviate ...

New experiments by swiss researchers have show that industrial-relevant temperatures of 1,050°C can be generated from solar concentrators. Solar power for industrial heat would be able to decarbonize ...

SolFocus, a solar company with roots at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Park, said that it closed $25 million in financing that it will use to increase production of its solar concentrator technology.

The improved design of the FOCUS centers on design-for-manufacturing improvements and encompasses all aspects of the FOCUS parabolic dish concentrator with particular emphasis on the parabolic mirror, ...

image: A new solar concentrator design from an electrical engineering Ph.D. student at the University of California, San Diego could lead to solar concentrators that are less expensive and require ...

These findings were confirmed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) based on measurements taken in a parched stretch of Colorado where the Optical Efficiency Test Loop is found. The ...

A global research team has developed a parabolic trough linear concentrating photovoltaic-thermal system to produce heat and electricity, for both residential and large-scale applications. The PV unit ...

A 100 MW solar plant in Dunhuang, China uses 12,000 mirrors and molten salt to store energy and generate electricity even ...

Dr. Wilfred Fritz is the team leader of the group that devised the automated solar cooker. Subsequently CPUT made funding available to develop the product for commercialisation. The next step is ...