A new type of solar thermal field, tower and research facility is being built in Australia that requires only air and the sun, making it ideal for parts of the world that receive minimal rainfall.

It's not as common as solar photovoltaic panels, but Hawaiian start-up Sopogy thinks small-scale solar thermal makes sense. Photos: Concentrating on solar power in Hawaii Martin LaMonica is a ...

Solar thermal technology is the other white meat, according to Fred Morse, president of Morse and Associates and a senior advisor to Spanish power giant Abengoa.

Solar thermal energy can be used as an alternative to solar panels or complement your solar panels to provide extra power.

Ausra Inc. has launched the Kimberlina Solar Thermal Energy Plant in Bakersfield, Calif. — the first solar thermal power plant built in California since FPL Energy put up its nine Solar Energy ...

For utility-scale power generation, the lowest cost technology for eight-hour storage in 2050 is thermal energy storage using concentrated solar thermal power.

Here we demonstrate a promising flat-panel solar thermal to electric power conversion technology based on the Seebeck effect and high thermal concentration, thus enabling wider applications.

In sunny locations, solar power can sometimes produce too much electricity for the grid. Australian company RayGen hopes to solve this problem by combining its hi-tech solar systems with thermal ...

In the United States, at least, solar thermal has been undercut by cheap natural gas and by the plummeting cost of power from solar photovoltaic plants, which use conventional solar panels.

Solar thermal energy uses the concentrated heat of the sun to create steam, which turns a turbine and creates a clean, renewable power source.

It's solar's new dawn. For five decades solar technologies have delivered more promises than power. Now, new Breakthrough Awardwinning innovations are exiting the lab and plugging into the grid ...