(Phys.org) -- At a 20-megawatt concentrating solar power (CSP) plant, some 10,000 mirrors reflect sunlight onto 10,000 receiver tubes, each of which must operate efficiently to get the maximum impact from the sun.
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 28, 2012
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Great news for drivers! They can now continue to keep the air-conditioning system on during the hot sunny days even when they stop the vehicle and switch off the engine. In collaboration with Green Power Industrial Ltd, PolyU's ...
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 11, 2011
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For young Marines at Camp Lejeune, green isn't just the color of uniforms anymore. On Thursday, the base celebrated its status as the site of what will be the largest solar-thermal-powered residential community in the continental ...
Energy & Green Tech
May 21, 2010
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Solar power has become a focal point of the battle to mitigate climate change. The potential of solar power is massive—Earth receives as much solar energy in an hour as all of humanity uses in a year. Even with that much ...
Space Exploration
Jun 22, 2020
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Researchers at the Universitat Jaume I (UJI) have developed and patented a nanofluid improving thermal conductivity at temperatures up to 400°C without assuming an increase in costs or a remodeling of the infrastructure. ...
Nanomaterials
Oct 22, 2014
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Thermal energy storage is a common strategy in energy production systems in which the period of production does not coincide with that of consumption. This happens with the production of hot water by means of solar thermal ...
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 23, 2014
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Associate professor of electrical engineering Minjoo Larry Lee has been awarded $2,540,000 to develop dual-junction solar cells that can operate efficiently at extreme temperatures above 750 degrees Fahrenheit. In addition ...
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 22, 2014
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To understand the weather and climate on Earth as well as on other planets and their moons, scientists need to know the global energy balance, the balance between energy coming in from solar radiation and thermal energy radiated ...
Space Exploration
Jan 2, 2012
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