Life is full of coincidences. On the way back from dropping my daughter off at school this morning, I heard a piece on NPR on Black Swan technology (see press release linked) which is based on a unique “optical rectification” process …
Tag: Solar Thermal
Guest Post: Graphene — The New Breakthrough of Solar Cell
The efficiency of converting sunlight into electricity becomes much lower (about 10 times lower) than the former solar panel. So it is difficult to generate enough power for equipments. So seems that it will take us really long period before we could see great amount of solar street lights with Graphene rather than Solar Panel.
[The Vector] Solar Thermal – Getting Competitive
Spain is world leader in utility-scale solar power generation with a capacity of more than 430 MW, following commissioning of their latest plant in the North West of the country. The United States’ utility scale solar generation is a little …
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Getting Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Off the Ground
I always try to keep my fingers on the pulse of concentrating solar power as the clean energy technology that will get us through the next century. Right this minute, 10,836MW of CSP are under development, but only 423MW in …
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About David Mills, Contributor to “Renewable Energy Facts and Fantasies” – Solar Thermal
Dr. Mills, known worldwide for pioneering Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector (CLFR) technology and for his work over the past 30 years in non-imaging optics, solar thermal energy, and PV systems, contributed to the book’s chapter on solar thermal. This chapter …
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Molten Salt Technology — Saving Solar Energy for a Rainy Day
I hope the world is paying close attention to the development of molten salt technology to store solar energy as heat, for later conversion to electricty at night and on cloudy days. As reported here by The Guardian, the Italian utility …
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Solar Thermal/CSP Bravely Swims Upstream
Though the Intersolar show in San Francisco last week was represented far more heavily by PV than solar thermal, there are indications that concentrated solar power (CSP) is enjoying a significant up-tick in public attention. In particular, CSP, rather quiet …
Renewable Energy World at Intersolar — and an Affirmation of Concentrated Solar Power
As planned, I used my trip to the Intersolar show to connect busily with many industry colleagues, including my friends at Renewable Energy World. And, true to form, these folks weren’t exactly lounging around either. I found the company’s president, …
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Concentrated Solar Power in the Sahara Desert
Part of the reason that Bill Paul is so bullish on Northern Africa as a financial center for rrenewable energy is obvious: the Sahara Desert. Especially ripe for concentrated solar power, the desert is the solution to Europe’s thirst for …
Energy Policy and Land Use
The migration to renewable energy is complicated by a great number of factors in the renewable energy “triumvirate” -technological, economic, and political. The chart below shows one of many different dimensions of this complexity: land use – which, when you …
