Tag: concentrated solar power
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NREL researchers hit new multijunction solar cell efficiency record of 47 percent
Concentrated solar PV doesn’t make many headlines these days, but research continues to show its possible impact in the future. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has published another solar cell research breakthrough: The fabrication of a six-junction solar cell that achieved a record-breaking solar conversion efficiency of 47.1%. TheRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Bill Gates-backed Heliogen has a concentrated solar breakthrough that can displace fossil fuels in industrial processes
For the first time commercially, there is a concentrated solar energy system to exceed temperatures greater than 1,000 degrees Celsius — a temperature that can replace the need for fossil fuels in critical industrial processes, including the production of cement, steel, and petrochemicals, according to Heliogen, the innovator of theRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Penn State researchers say new concentrated PV system beats silicon solar cells
One message delivered at Intersolar last week was the need for even better, more efficient technology to really affect change over the next few decades. Researchers at Penn State think they are on the path to one such breakthrough, with a concentrating photovoltaic system with embedded microtracking that they sayRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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5D Watts close to launching hybrid concentrated PV heat energy system
5D Watts, a custom composite manufacturing company, sent word that it has initiated formal certification testing of Hybrid Solar Concentration PV and Heat Energy System. After completion of a production prototype, and in-house testing for almost two years, the company says it is ready to complete certification testing with CERT. “Having reachedRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Report looks at huge potential of concentrated solar power across the globe
The concentrated solar power (CSP) industry is bound to be one of the biggest and most efficient in the coming times ahead. If utilized to its full potential, it could end up providing for the world’s 25 percent energy needs by 2050. Currently there is 679 MW of installedRead More — Solar Builder magazine