For decades, “bigger is better” has been the conventional path to efficiency in industries ranging from transportation to power generation. Food once grown on small family plots now comes ov... Read more
The Gemasolar facility represented a significant breakthrough in the global solar energy industry The Gemasolar Concentrated Solar Power facility represented a significant breakthroug... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Green energy too comes out of the electricity socket, but to get there it has to travel a long journey — from wind turbines in the North Sea or regional solar, wind... Read more
Although electrical devices have evolved rapidly over the last few decades, the plants used to generate the electricity that power these devices are still dominated by the use of steam turbi... Read more
Image via Wikipedia How can one use solar energy after the sun sets? Simple: store the sun’s heat in molten salts. The world’s first solar power plant to employ such technology—a... Read more