Can you imagine solar power 24 hours a day? Sounds far-fetched, but it will soon be a reality near Las Vegas. A new solar power plant being planned in Tonopah, Nevada will use heliostat mirrors to focus sunlight on a water tower, superheating water and creating steam that turns a turbine, generating electricity. The solar [...]
As more and more people turn to solar energy for reliable, clean renewable power, there is still one major stumbling block. You can only tap into solar power when the sun is shining. But what if you could use solar power overnight? How could that work? Scientists at SolarReserve have come up with the antidote [...]
