Think of solar greenhouse heaters as a way to supplement existing heating systems. They're out there, but some assembly may ...

Unlike photovoltaic panels, which can power your home, solar thermal panels are mainly used to heat water. But they’re ...

Essentially, it allows the water heater to get much hotter during times when solar energy is available, and lets it drop to lower values before running the heater on utility electricity during ...

A group of scientists led by the Chouaïb Doukkali University in Morocco has designed a photovoltaic-thermal solar panel based on a channel-box heat exchanger aimed at improving convective exchange.

Germany’s Paxos is currently testing the solar tile in a testing ... be used to generate electricity and heat at the same time. The photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) tile's appearance barely differs ...

Then, in June, we installed aluminized solar sheathing on the roof. This is a thermal reflective plywood that keeps external heat out and reflects interior heat back in. We also installed roof ...

On a much larger scale, solar-thermal power plants employ various techniques to concentrate the sun's energy as a heat source. The heat is then used to boil water to drive a steam turbine that ...