Category Solar power

Solar-powered micro turbines

US company Capstone and Israeli firm HelioFocus plan to develop a micro-turbine that runs on concentrated solar power. It will use super-heated air to drive the turbines. “The ability for solar projects to generate energy more efficiently and at night…

Japan plans space-based solar power

Treehugger suggests the Japan Space Agency say the power will be beamed back to earth by “solar stream” rather than the ominous-sounding if more accurate phrase, “laser beam.” Of course, no military on the planet would ever dream of having…