Solar Cells Boosted By This One Weird Trick (Spoiler Alert: Fish Oil)
Fish oil can help boost the efficiency of systems that combine excess heat recovery with solar cells.
Concentrating Solar Power
Solar Power To Gild The Wastewater Treatment Lily
If all goes according to plan, one wastewater treatment plant in California will demonstrate a solar power and energy efficiency model for others to follow.
DOE To Build Concentrated Solar Demonstration Facility At Sandia National Lab
Sandia Labs is building a concentrated solar power demonstration facility that is scheduled for completion in 2024.
DOE Just Can’t Quit Concentrating Solar Power (& That’s A Good Thing)
New Mexico will host a new concentrating solar power plant that could kill coal, gas, and nuclear energy all at once.
US Energy Dept. Still Holds Torch For Concentrating Solar Power
Concentrating solar power has had a hard time getting off the ground in the US, but that is not stopping the Department of Energy. The agency is in the middle of a $100 million program aimed at pushing the technology into the mainstream of the renewable energy revolution, and they … [continued]
Sustainable Aviation Fuel From Solar Energy: Not A Dream Any More
This “solar tower” deploys solar energy to convert water and carbon dioxide to produce non-fossil kerosene for sustainable jet fuel.
Cleantech SPACs: Bane Or Boon For Climate Action?
70% market cap loss. 7 of 16 facing investor lawsuits. That’s the world of cleantech SPACs in a nutshell. Caveat emptor.
New Role For Concentrating Solar Power, With Green Hydrogen & A Perovksite Twist
Green hydrogen is going down in cost, and concentrating solar power could pick up the pace by ditching electrolysis in favor of a thermochemical process.
It’s A New Dawn For Concentrating Solar Power
The concentrating solar power dream lives on, with new electric vehicle battery angle.
35 Years of Advancing Concentrating Solar Power Research
NREL Pioneer Celebrates 35 Years of Advancing Concentrating Solar Power Research When it comes to concentrating solar power (CSP) research, Mark Mehos has seen the industry growth and solar boom firsthand. CSP technologies — capturing sunlight to produce heat that drives thermoelectric generation systems — had their beginnings in the mid-1980s, at the … [continued]
