Solar power towers can play an important role in the energy transition. They convert sunlight into heat that can be stored or used to generate electricity. Until now, however, data to test new methods ...

Jixi 100-megaWatts (MW) solar thermal power plant in Da'an, Northeast China's Jilin Province Photo: China News Service. China ...

China's northernmost tower-type solar power plant has been put into operation. Surrounded by 19,667 mirrors, the tower receives reflected sunlight to heat a salt mixture that acts like a thermal ...

An image of 350 MW Golmud solar power demonstration project Photo: China General Nuclear Power Group. The world's largest ...

Texas startup Janta Power has secured $5.5 million in seed funding to expand its next-generation solar power towers, a vertical alternative to flat solar farms. The funding round was led by MaC ...

Research from Germany has published an open-access dataset covering the Jülich Solar Tower in western Germany. The research ...

Concentrated solar power with molten salt storage has reached 1 gigawatt scale: China Three Gorges Corporation’s Hami plant ...

Yicai) June 30 -- China General Nuclear Power Group has begun commercial operations at a 100 megawatt concentrated solar ...

Ivanpah was supposed to be one of the clearest symbols of America’s clean-energy future. Rising out of the Mojave Desert, the ...

The design and arrangement of heliostats around a central receiver determine the overall performance and economic viability of solar tower power plants. Heliostat field optimisation seeks to maximise ...

The team at Xidian University can zap power 100 metres through the air. But their dream is to send their hardware into orbit Using a few mirrors, solar panels and a microwave transmitter, Fan Guanheng ...