Last year, researchers at Rice University revealed a new way to convert solar energy directly into steam using light-absorbing nanoparticles. At that time, the technology had already been used to ...

The solar-driven generation of water steam at 100 °C under one sun normally requires the use of optical concentrators to provide the necessary energy flux. Now, thermal concentration is used to ...

New Solar Steam System Could Help 2.5 Billion People By Futurity - Jul 25, 2013, 4:25 PM CDT.

Researchers at Rice University have developed a solar steam-powered autoclave for sterilizing medical and dental equipment and sanitizing human waste in the developing world. The heart of the ...

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 ...

China's Himin Solar Co Ltd launched the world's first roof-installed solar high-temperature steam system for industrial utilization, the company said in a press release on May 7.

The project will deploy 750 MWth of GlassPoint's advanced solar technology to begin decommissioning two coal-fired power ...

Solar thermal technology firm GlassPoint has partnered with Searles Valley Minerals (SVM), a producer of soda ash, borates ...

A mining and processing business in California is replacing one coal plant but says another could stay online for many years.