A Finnish-Swedish consortium has designed a hybrid system that uses photovoltaics and solar thermal energy separately to provide steam to industrial facilities. The PV unit is coupled to a sand-based ...
The Department of Energy is investing $33 million into nine projects, including an effort to use “concentrating solar thermal” tech to produce steam for a brewery. The US is continuing its ...
Solar thermal energy is the process of concentrating sunlight to create heat, which can be used to create electricity or to heat a home, its water supply and more. Solar thermal energy can be used as ...