World's Largest Commercial Solar Power Tower Goes Online

"Solar One" solar collector

Now we’re cooking. Operation of a new Spanish solar thermal plant just kicked into high gear, taking the title as the world’s largest commercial tower-type collector.

Can Concentrating Solar Power Outshine Fossil Fuels?

Trough Solar CSP Collector

   The evolution of industrial power has been largely a story of utility. Societies adopted the most productive means of producing power, irrespective of all other concerns. Wind and water power may have been cheaper and cleaner, but with available technology were far less productive ways of making stuff.  Hence, they were abandoned in favor [...]