Updated receiver survey system uses an infrared camera, GPS technology, and computer software to rapidly analyze concentrating solar power fields and locate defective receivers. In a parabolic trough concentrating solar power (CSP) system, collectors reflect the sun’s rays onto long, tubular receivers that convert the sunlight into heat that...
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[NREL] Distant Observer Tool Quickly Identifies Costly Flaws in CSP Fields
Remote control digital photography and metrology are combined to accurately define optical efficiency problems in concentrating solar power (CSP) plants. In a typical 100-megawatt (MW) CSP plant,...
The World’s Biggest Floating Solar Power Plant
Japan is planning to build solar power plants floating on the world's largest country. In the new project, Kyocera Corporation of Japan will build a...
Learn About Solar Energy
Sunlight is earth's most ubiquitous form of energy. It is clean, inexhaustible, and the United States boasts one of the largest solar resources of any...