Looking for water: why water birds are dying at solar projects
Nine dead birds and two dead bats were found at the site of the solar thermal project in October, with the birds ...
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NextEra Energy solar to discuss reducing bird deaths
which was originally approved in 2010 as a 1,000-megawatt solar thermal plant, using parabolic trough technology. The owner at that time, Solar Trust of America, went bankrupt in 2012, selling the ...
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Évora Molten Salt Platform (University of Évora)
In the solar field, parabolic trough collectors of the HelioTrough® 2.0 type with a large aperture from a circuit that is suitable for operation with molten salt up to 565 degrees Celsius. The ...
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New Study Validates CSP Plant Efficiency for Round-the-Clock Renewable Energy
the authors simulated a 1 MWe hybrid solar power plant using parabolic trough collectors (PTC) and linear Fresnel reflectors (LFR) to generate steam at 40 MPa. The system employed a nanofluid made ...
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Concentrated solar power systems for large-scale energy generation
Curved, trough-shaped reflectors concentrate solar energy and direct it onto a receiver pipe in this arrangement. In a steam ...