parabolic mirror Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 30 Oct 2014 08:37:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Tunisian Solar Power Plant to Help Europe Forget About Fossils https://www.greenoptimistic.com/tunisian-solar-power-plant-help-europe-forget-fossils-20141030/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/tunisian-solar-power-plant-help-europe-forget-fossils-20141030/#respond Thu, 30 Oct 2014 08:37:40 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=49944 Renewable energy in Europe might be receiving a new huge boost from the Tunisian Sahara desert. A major local company is currently looking into constructing a large solar power plant, which is expected to generate the amount of power Europe needs in order to completely forget about fossils. If there is one thing that Sahara desert can […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/tunisian-solar-power-plant-help-europe-forget-fossils-20141030/feed/ 0 49944 Israeli Firm Develops a Technology to Make Solar Farms Work Day and Night https://www.greenoptimistic.com/israeli-firm-develops-technology-make-solar-farms-work-day-night-20140924/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/israeli-firm-develops-technology-make-solar-farms-work-day-night-20140924/#respond Wed, 24 Sep 2014 13:27:24 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=49327 It now appears that solar power plants might be able to generate electricity continuously throughout both day and night, with a new technology developed by an Israeli solar power company. The founder of Brenmiller Energy promises to produce clean energy at a price that can finally compete with fossils. Brenmiller Energy, a leading thermosolar company, bets […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/israeli-firm-develops-technology-make-solar-farms-work-day-night-20140924/feed/ 0 49327 How Solar Parabolic Dish Concentrators Work https://www.greenoptimistic.com/how-solar-parabolic-dish-concentrators-work-20080225/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/how-solar-parabolic-dish-concentrators-work-20080225/#respond Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:35:26 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/index.php/2008/02/25/how-solar-parabolic-dish-concentrators-work/ Parabolic dish concentrating systems use parabolic dish shaped mirrors to focus the incoming solar radiation onto a receiver that is positioned at the focal point of the dish, like it’s illustrated in the image below: The fluid in the receiver is heated to very high temperatures of about 750oC. This fluid is then used to […]

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