the authors simulated a 1 MWe hybrid solar power plant using parabolic trough collectors (PTC) and linear Fresnel reflectors ...

And we think that reflector-based technologies can solve ... experts are still struggling to solve. On cloudy days, solar power plants are less productive than when the sky is clear.

LOS ANGELES — What was once the world's largest solar power plant of its type appears headed for closure just 11 years after opening, under pressure from cheaper green energy sources.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — What was once the world's largest solar power plant of its type appears headed for closure just 11 years after opening, under pressure from cheaper green energy sources.

As the electrons flow through the cell, they generate electricity. On a much larger scale, solar-thermal power plants employ various techniques to concentrate the sun's energy as a heat source.

Colleagues and I recently published a paper in which we explored the possibility of orbiting solar reflectors in the near term. We think Oberth's vision may now be achievable thanks to up-and ...