Tamarac, Fla. — Arch Aluminum & Glass Co., Inc. has developed new solar mirror manufacturing techniques that deliver lower cost and more efficient concentrator photovoltaic units to the renewable ...

Researchers have developed a new type of solar power system that can produce both electricity and heat at the same time—an innovation that could help industries capture carbon dioxide (CO₂) from their ...

The improved design of the FOCUS centers on design-for-manufacturing improvements and encompasses all aspects of the FOCUS parabolic dish concentrator with particular emphasis on the parabolic mirror, ...

A new database contains the results of exposure experiments on solar reflectors conducted over more than four decades. The publicly available Solar Mirror Materials Database (SMMD) will contain ...

Silicon panels pretty much rule the solar energy sector, with more than 90% of panels manufactured using the versatile element. This is not by chance; Si PV cells are cheap, robust, relatively easy to ...