Solar rays focused on concentrator photovoltaic cells using parabolic mirrors not only supply electricity, but also thermal energy for industrial processes, heating or cooling. Three technological ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Spectral-splitting CPV-T collector design. (a) Cross-sectional view; (b) 3-D view. (The PV cells are on the two sloped, flat sides of the central primary PV-T channel.) Conventional ...

The energy of our sun forms the basis of all life on Earth. Every day, sunlight and heat reach us in quantities that exceed global energy requirements by more than 1,000 times. Making better use of ...