On a much larger scale, solar-thermal power plants employ various ... The technology is also versatile. For example, solar cells generate energy for far-out places like satellites in Earth orbit ...

Renewable energy is energy derived from natural sources that are replenished at a higher rate than they are consumed. Sunlight and wind, for example ... than fossil fuels. Solar energy is the ...

And come next year, when Ivanpah flips the on switch, it will nearly double the amount of solar thermal energy produced in the United States. Mark Strauss | | Read More ...

South Australia researchers will team with industry partners to build a concentrated solar thermal plant in New South Wales ...

A research team in the United Kingdom has looked at how the combination of photovoltaics and solar thermal (ST) energy could improve the efficiency and viability of different solar desalination ...