Sometimes you encounter an idea so seemingly brilliant you wonder why you didn't think of it yourself. OK, here goes: Utility-grade "concentrating" solar power ... in water. You're not applauding - what's going on?
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 25, 2011
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Space-age technologies have made fundamental changes to the way we live our lives. Avionics allow us to fly to other continents on almost a moment's notice. GNSS services enable us to navigate our cars on roads we've never ...
Planetary Sciences
Jan 9, 2023
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It sounds like science fiction, but building an enormous tower several kilometers high on the lunar surface may be the best way to harness solar energy for long-term lunar exploration. Such towers would raise solar panels ...
Space Exploration
Mar 10, 2021
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NUST MISIS scientists together with their colleagues from the Central Metallurgical R&D Institute (Cairo, Egypt) have developed a composite material to extend the life of solar towers up to five years. The research article ...
Engineering
Dec 4, 2018
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Sandia National Laboratories is using its solar tower to help assess the impact of extreme temperature changes on materials.
Materials Science
Jun 21, 2018
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If you plan to livestream next month's solar eclipse from one of the prime viewing spots, here's a thought: Keep your phone in your pocket, put on your paper shades and just enjoy the celestial wonder.
Space Exploration
Jul 30, 2017
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A solar-energy company has dropped a proposal to build a 75-story tower in California that uses a new kind of technology that can cause some birds to ignite in midair.
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 8, 2014
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Every time Los Angeles exhales, odd-looking gadgets anchored in the mountains above the city trace the invisible puffs of carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases that waft skyward.
Environment
May 13, 2013
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One of the National Security Administration's three national laboratories is building regional testing centers around the country to field-test hardware for solar companies before their multimillion-dollar solar systems are ...
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 27, 2012
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