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 ...

A scientific group has proposed adding thermal solar panels to air-source heat pumps while also using grid heating to keep temperatures stable at night. The group modeled a system that could reportely ...

Italian researchers have reviewed different system configurations for photovoltaic-thermal solar-assisted heat pumps in buildings. They say that using the PV-thermal collector as the heat pump’s ...

A new solar device generates 15 times more energy: a breakthrough in thermoelectric generators converts solar heat into ...

From a distance, the energy system on top of a college residence hall in Omaha, Nebraska looks like photovoltaic panels. But as you get closer, it becomes clear that this is something different, with ...

The company opened a $25 million Series B funding round to support its concentrated solar power solution that stores and ...

Putting solar panels above agricultural crops may do more than produce food and clean energy on the same land: It can also ...

At work, Wang Zhifeng is a scientist specializing in solar thermal power research, but in his free time, he is an avid snow sports enthusiast. He has even ...

FILE – Solar panels work at the DTE O’Shea Solar Park in Detroit, Nov. 16, 2022. While Texans drag through another punishing heat wave, people have nervously watched the state's power grid, hoping it ...