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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...