Sandia National Laboratories engineers have developed new fractal-like, concentrating solar power receivers for small- to medium-scale use that are up to 20 percent more effective at absorbi... Read more
Masdar Institute and MIT Collaboration Produce Innovative Solar Absorber That Can Harness More Sunlight, Enhancing its Sunlight-To-Heat Efficiency Masdar Institute faculty are part of a coll... Read more
Masdar Institute scientists have published breakthrough research that could change the way solar energy is produced. They hope to drive concentrated solar power technology to compete with tr... Read more
Ultra-high efficiency solar cells similar to those used in space may now be possible on your rooftop thanks to a new microscale solar concentration technology developed by an international t... Read more
“Solar energy systems can satisfy much more of our hunger for electricity, at not much more cost than what we currently have,” Concentrating solar power (CSP) could supply a larg... Read more
Fresnel lens concentrates solar without bulk Micro-machining could be used to create almost flat, Fresnel lenses, that boost the electrical efficiency of solar panels, according to researche... Read more
Engineers and industry agree that although challenges abound in utility-scale solar in the sunniest places on Earth, we have the technology to go big in the desert The vast and glittering Iv... Read more
