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, ...

Parabolic trough solar collectors (PTCs) are among the most mature concentrating solar power technologies, employing curved mirrors to focus diffuse and direct solar irradiance onto a linear receiver ...

3M has started up what it says is the world’s largest aperture solar parabolic trough, in partnership with Gossamer Space Frames, as an addition to the 400-acre Sunray Energy facility in Daggett, ...

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 ...

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.) A binational team led by ...

China General Nuclear (CGN) broke ground on its 50-megawatt concentrated solar power project on Monday, with the facility set to become the world's highest-elevation parabolic trough concentrated ...

Concentrating solar power is one of the most cost-effective ways to produce electricity from the sun. Can a cheaper design break into the pack of solar thermal upstarts? Martin LaMonica is a senior ...

Twenty-five miles south of Las Vegas, Nevada Solar One, a new 64-MW solar thermal power plant, recently went online. Spanning more than 300 acres, it’s the world’s third largest solar-energy field and ...

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, ...