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 ...

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, ...

China completed its first large commercial-scale parabolic-trough concentrated solar power (CSP) plant at the end of June. The 50-MW Delingha project built by CGN New Energy, a subsidiary of China ...

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 ...

Imagine generating 20 kW of heat from a single solar dish array. Well, with parabolic panels, this surely is a possibility. There are some exciting new breakthroughs in terms of solar power that are ...

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 ...

Anybody who has burned leaves with a magnifying glass understands the idea behind concentrating solar thermal power. But the technology is more than just child’s play. For many companies, including ...

One barrier for scaling up solar power is space. Large amounts of land are necessary for panels or solar collectors like parabolic troughs. Many people have explored placing solar panels on the ocean ...

Extruded aluminum framing improves solar-thermal collector efficiency, economics. • Solar-thermal plants must concentrate energy on the small focal band or efficiency drops off dramatically. • New ...

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, ...