Solar rays focused on concentrator photovoltaic cells using parabolic mirrors not only supply electricity, but also thermal energy for industrial processes, heating or cooling. Three technological ...

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have invented a new way to make solar collector systems more energy efficient. The theoretical overlay photographic (TOP) technology developed at Sandia ...

A mirror alignment measurement device may soon make one of the most popular solar collector systems, parabolic troughs, more affordable and energy efficient. A mirror alignment measurement device, ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A mirror alignment measurement device, invented by Rich Diver, a researcher at Sandia National Laboratories, may soon make one of the most popular solar collector systems, ...