ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A mirror alignment measurement device, invented by Rich Diver, a researcher at Sandia National Laboratories, may soon make one of the most popular solar collector systems, ...

Parabolic trough technology has a success story spanning more than 40 years. As early as 1984, the first commercial power plants with parabolic trough collectors went into operation in California. In ...

In the race to power America's homes, solar companies are employing a variety of designs, some of which incorporate vast collections of photovoltaic cells that turn the sun's energy directly into ...

ARVADA, CO--(Marketwired - Jan 22, 2014) - SkyFuel's parabolic trough concentrating solar collector was installed in a trial of WaterFX's new Aqua4™ solar thermal desalination technology. The single ...

WASHINGTON, USA: Abengoa, the international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainability in the energy and environment sectors, has received a nearly $2 million competitive ...

Extruded aluminum framing improves solar-thermal collector efficiency, economics. • Solar-thermal plants must concentrate energy on the small focal band or efficiency drops off dramatically. • New ...