Solar panels have gotten so cheap that the plant, born of an old attempt at harnessing the power of the sun, appears to be ...

The heat is then used to boil water to drive a steam turbine that generates electricity ... through the receiver is heated to run a generator. Other solar technologies are passive.

In the solar tower power plant, a volumetric receiver at the top of the tower absorbs the concentrated sunlight and uses it to heat the surrounding air to up to 700 degrees Celsius. A steam generator ...

The focused solar energy heats up water to produce steam that powers turbines providing power to California homes. The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, sprawling across roughly 5 square ...

French startup Wind my Roof has developed a small-scale hybrid wind-solar power generator for rooftop applications. The system consists of a 1,500 W wind turbine and two 600 W solar modules.

Furthering its lead in the energy sector, China has installed and tested an advanced high-efficiency steam generator. The ultra-supercritical circulating fluidized bed (CFB) power generation unit ...

MidAmerican Energy announced new proposed projects to add solar energy sites and two natural gas-fired combustion turbines as demand for electricity grows.