Solar collectors and absorbers convert solar radiation into thermal energy, playing a crucial role in meeting global heating demands across various sectors.

While photovoltaics convert the sun's rays into electricity, solar thermal collectors absorb its heat energy for home and industrial purposes. A researcher at Umeå University in Sweden recently ...

A British-Chinese research group has created a new framework to assess the performance and efficiency limits of photovoltaic-thermal solar panels. They say that the improvement of spectral-splitting ...

LNG, solar collectors improve round-trip efficiency of LAES systems Scientists simulated several liquid air energy storage systems, comparing round-trip efficiency across configurations that include ...

Startup GMZ Energy raises $14 million to make materials that convert heat to electricity, including a solar hot thermal product and chips to draw electricity from car exhaust pipes. Martin LaMonica is ...

Solar thermal energy is the process of concentrating sunlight to generate heat, which can be used to generate electricity or heat a home, its water supply and more. Solar thermal energy can be used as ...

We may hear a lot about photovoltaic panels, but solar collectors are also quite useful – the devices collect heat from sunlight, which is used in applications such as the heating of homes. Now, MIT ...

Extreme heat and dust reduce solar panel efficiency by 15% to more than 60% across sub-Saharan Africa. Module surface temperatures often exceed 70°C, sharply lowering voltage and energy conversion ...