Friday, February 24, 2012

Solar Power - Renewable Energy: Solar Trough




NMSU Professor Thomas Jenkins explains how a solar trough focuses the sun's heat energy to a pipe filled with fluid, producing steam, which powers a turbine that drives an electric generator. These devices can be connected to a city's main electrical grid and provide power on a very large scale.



In the News:




-BrightSource Energy - The Ivanpah Solar Project Named CSP Project of the Year
ElectroIQ
NRG Energy, Google and BrightSource Energy announced that the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System was awarded CSP Project of the Year by Solar Power Generation USA. Ivanpah SEGS in California's Mojave Desert is currently the world's largest ...

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Balochistan's renewable energy resources
REVE
Generally, solar thermal power plants use parabolic trough and dish sterling technologies. Solar parabolic trough consists of curved mirrors, which form troughs that focus the sun's energy at 30-60 times its normal intensity on a pipe.

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Sydney Morning Herald

Plugging the world into desert sun
Sydney Morning Herald
But over the past two years the initiative has received significant support from some of the biggest corporate names in Germany, the country that has led the adoption and development of renewable energy, particularly solar, in Europe.

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Brisbane Times

Plugging the world into desert sun
Brisbane Times
But over the past two years the initiative has received significant support from some of the biggest corporate names in Germany, the country that has led the adoption and development of renewable energy, particularly solar, in Europe.

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The Southern Times

Lighting Up Africa
The Southern Times
Net that solar power will become the major renewable energy source on the continent only by organised research, training, design and engineering. "Our approach is to build capacity, especially when it comes to research," says Egbe, who is now the ...




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