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 ...

that also produces useful heat and oxygen as byproducts ... two axes to make the absolute best of the solar energy available. Credit: EPFL, YouTube Plans are already in place to build a larger ...

To further increase thermal resistance ... the total cost for all our energy-efficient improvements and our solar system, including labor, came to $43,000. We calculated that, if we had not ...

A Trombe wall is a passive solar building feature that enhances thermal efficiency. Positioned on the sun-facing side of a structure, it consists of a wall made from materials like brick ...

People may no longer need sunshine to harvest solar power. Researchers from University of New South Wales (UNSW) have found a ...

The MIT Alumni/Student Decarbonization Team will host a forum on a plan that members say could save the university hundreds ...

Phase Change Materials (PCMs) are substances that absorb or release significant amounts of thermal energy during phase transitions, such as melting or freezing. They are increasingly being ...

solar, biogas and energy storage, for off-grid locations. The special feature of the proposed design is that excess heat from the photovoltaic modules is stored in a phase change material.

AI's voracious energy appetite is straining already outdated power grids. Here's how nuclear and solar energy could fix that.