A mirror alignment measurement device may soon make one of the most popular solar collector systems, parabolic troughs, more affordable and energy efficient. A mirror alignment measurement device, ...

ARVADA, CO--(Marketwired - Jun 17, 2014) - SkyFuel, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of advanced parabolic trough systems used for utility-grade electricity generation and industrial steam ...

Construction of the Nevada Solar One plant, which at 64 MW will be the world’s third largest solar power plant, might signal that parabolic trough solar thermal technology, which it employs, provides ...

Parabolic trough technology has a success story spanning more than 40 years. As early as 1984, the first commercial power plants with parabolic trough collectors went into operation in California. In ...

A greenfield concentrated solar power (CSP) project with innovative parabolic trough technology and a molten storage system has revitalized a remote region. But the project is also laudable for its ...

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have invented a new way to make solar collector systems more energy efficient. The theoretical overlay photographic (TOP) technology developed at Sandia ...

After more than a decade of hibernation, parabolic trough concentrated solar power (CSP) has emerged from its slumber with a mighty roar. Large new parabolic trough CSP power plants have recently ...

The department focuses on concentrating solar technologies for various applications such as electricity generation, thermochemical processes and process heat. These technologies utilise solar energy ...

DRIVING through the baking landscape of Almería, it is no mystery why this Spanish province is home to a novel type of power station that generates electricity by harnessing the heat of the sun. For ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A mirror alignment measurement device, invented by Rich Diver, a researcher at Sandia National Laboratories, may soon make one of the most popular solar collector systems, ...